WWE NXT Heatwave 2026 8/30/2026

WWE NXT Heatwave 2026 8/30/2026

We are in Edinburg, TX. Vic Joseph and Booker T are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arrive and hang out. 

WWE NXT Women's North American Title/WWE NXT Women's Speed Title Unification Match - Zaria vs Wren Sinclair vs Kali Armstrong

Zar and Kali shove each other. Wren tries to intervene and is shoved by both. Wren hits both and rolls up Zar. They all try roll up's. Kali boots Zar in the head. Wren chest clubs Zar. Zar backdrops Kali then Wren pulls both opponents neck forward. 

Zar double suplexes her opponents. She pump kicks Kali in the corner and running lariata Wren. Zar pump kicks Kali. Wren is popped up and takes a forearm. Kali hits punches on Zar and drops her. Kali lariats Zar over the top rope. 

Wren pulls Kali out and rebound forearms her when she throws her into the ropes. Kali flying shoulders Zar outside. Kali tries to do it to Wren but gets the steps.

We go to PiP break and return. Wren takes a spinebuster from Kali for 2. Kali corner spears Wren and Kali. Wren backslides Zar and hits chops on her. Wren then chops Kali. Wren flying headscissors Zar into Kali and Kali ddt's Zar off of it. Wren tries pins on both.

Wren 2nd rope double crossbodies her opponents for 2 counts. Zar spinning lariats Wren then germans Kali. Wren gets on Zar's back with a sleeper. Zar backpack cannonballs Wren into Kali in the corner. 

They all trade shots. Wren takes a double headbutt. Kali and Zar trade shots. Kali sitout powerbombs Zar for 2. Wren rolls up Kali for 2. Zar double spears her opponents. Wren backrolls Zar and Kali flying shoulders Wren. Kali powerslams Zar. Kali victory rolls Zar for 2. They hit each other at the same time.

Wren facebusters Zar then does cattle mutilation. Kali breaks the hold up. Wren jumps off the steps outside and Kali powerslams her on the floor. Kali runs in and Zar spears her. Zar hits an F-5 and pins her.

Thoughts: It was an okay opener here. They kept it moving and had a lot of pin attempts. I thought Kali had a chance at maybe pulling this one off too. Kali had a good showing here. Zar won but she's not exactly lighting the world on fire with this reign or getting over as much as she should. I really won't miss the Speed Title. I don't know if it was ever really needed and it didn't lead to good matches.

Cruz Montana is interviewed. He says he feels like he belongs. He says he's been looked over and laughed at and says the NXT Title is a 3-count away. He says Tony is coming in with experience, Waller is coming to pick his spots and Zilla is an animal. He says he's ready and willing to go to hell and back unlike them. He says he knows it'll be worth it when he holds the title above his head. 

WWE NXT Tag Team Title Match - Myles Borne & Tavion Heights (c) vs. The Vanity Project (Brad Baylor & Ricky Smokes)

MB backs up Brad in the corner. MB euros him. Brad hits short arm shoulderblocks. Brad rolls up MB for 2. MB dropkicks Brad. RS comes in. Borne back elbows him. Tav shoulders over RS. RS is dropped gut first onto the knee and take's karelin's lift from Tav.

Brad nails MB from behind. MB suplexes Brad for 2. MB's throat is pulled down over the top and RS holds the ropes over for MB to be thrown out. MB's back is rammed into the apron edge. RS slingshot knee drops MB on the lower back.

We go to PiP break and return. Tav ankle locks Brad. RS helps Brad break the hold. Tav lariats Brad. Myka Lockwood distracts the ref. RS clips Tav and dropkicks him. RS hits mounted shots on Tav.

Brad boots Tav in the corner and gyrates. RS suplexes Tav and knee drops him for 2. Tav flying lariats RS. MB comes in and beat up the heels. He dropkicks, power slams and final cut's Brad. MB neckbreakers RS, making him ddt Brad. MB ushigoroshi's Brad for 2.

RS crossbodies Tav over the top rope. Brad rolls up MB for 2 and knees him in the gut. MB takes a dropkick into a spinebuster for 2. RS boots MB around. MB jumping knees him. MB and Tav take stereo flying knees then hit stereo overhead belly to belly suplexes. Brad takes a dropkick + sitout powerbomb combo for 2.

Tav cradles RS for 2. RS facekicks Tav then is facekicked down. RS thesz presses Tav. Tav double backdrops the heels together. MB tags in and Brad powerslams him. RS is up top and Tav belly to belly suplexes RS down onto Brad. 

All 4 men fight. Tav capture suplexes RS then lariats him over the top. RS gemans MB then MB germans Brad. Brad flying pumping knees him. MB hits a release suplex on him for 2. 

MB is pushed into Tav, knocking him off the apron. MB takes a top rope double stomp + reverse ddt and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was a decent bout. They kept it moving and the heels bumped big as usual. The crowd should have been more into it than what they were but Tav and MB aren't super over faces. Brad seemed like he hurt his wrist here. The Project always do a nice job and this was no exception.

Borne and Tav hug after. They walk up the ramp together.

Submission Match - Nattie vs. Jaida Parker

Nat has Nikkita Lyons and Karmen Petrovic with her.

Nat takes down JP and pounds on her. JP then hits mounted shots on her. Nat clubs her outside and JP hits a big slap. JP clubs on her. Nat chops her and JP chops back. JP then runs into Nat's buddies. Nat tries to sleeper JP from behind. JP rams her into the apron edge and suplexes her on the floor.

We go to PiP break and return. Nat cobra twists her and JP cobra twists her. Nat throws her down by the arm then JP shoulders her over. JP double stomps Nat. JP does a grounded cobra clutch on her. Lyons pulls on JP's hair and she breaks the hold. 

Karmen and Lyons celebrate in the aisle. Perros del Mal appear on the stage and Karmen goes with them. Lyons is confused. Nat clips JP from behind. Nat snapmares JP into the ropes. Nat hits mounted shots on JP.

Nat back elbows her then JP lariats her down twice. JP short arm lariats her. JP step up butt drops Nat on the buckles. JP does a rings of saturn on Nat. Nat grounded sleepers her. Nat armbars her. JP lifts and drops her to escape. 

Nat stomps JP's leg into the mat. Nat sharpshooters JP. They both end up rolling out. Lyons spin kicks JP in the face. Thea Hail then jumps on Lyons and fights with her up the aisle. JP chopblocks Nat. JP blocks a sharpshooter and pushes Nat out with her feet. 

JP clips Nat in the ring. JP sharpshooters Nat. Nat tries to rope break, but there are no rope breaks. Nat then submits.

Thoughts: It was a decent bout like the other Jaida/Nat match. They hit hard, they looked like they were going at it and the work was fine. JP even worked the leg a little before winning which was good.

Wren Sinclair talks to Kendal Grey and is upset about losing her title. KG tells her she didn't get pinned. Wren tells her she has to worry about Kelani tonight. KG tells her not to worry.

WWE NXT Women's Title Match - Kendal Grey (c) vs. Kelani Jordan

They lock up and let go. KJ pulls her by the hair and side headlocks her. KG fireman's carry takeovers her. KG misses a top rope move and KJ dropkicks her. KJ asai moonsaults her outside. KG tiger feint kicks her under the bottom rope. KG slides on the apron and headscissors KJ down.

KJ tiger feint armdrags her. KG armdrags her back. They double clothesline each other down then kip up together. They stand off and we go to PiP break and return.

KG hits shots to the gut. KJ knees her in the gut then knee drops KG on her injured ear. KJ flipping legdrops her. KG is sent face first into the buckles and KJ pulls KG's injured ear into the post. KJ shoulderbreakers her for 2. KJ hits a bad soul foot.

KJ is thrown over the top. KG boots her out of the corner. KG double jump twisting moonsaults her for 2. They trade shots. KG euros her over and back elbows her. KG overhead belly to belly suplexes her. KG pulls the straps down and hits suplexes from the side. KG superkicks her in the gut. KJ northern lights suplexes her for 2.

KJ hits a hard shot to the face then pulls the tap off of KG's ear. KG gutwrench powerslams her for 2. KJ backbreakers her off a flatliner attempt. KJ pele kicks her. KJ misses a top rope 450 and holds her ankle. KG ankle locks her.

KG goes up top and KJ pushes her down into the commentary table. KJ split-legged moonsaults her for 2. We go to break and return. KG top rope reverse spanish flies her.

KJ pump kicks her in the head. KJ boots her in the knee. KJ springboard flipping neckbreakers her. KJ flying forearms her off the buckles. KG hurricanrana's her for 2. KG superkicks her. KG gutwrenches her into a knee to the face. KJ slingshot germans her. KG then germans her. 

KG ankle locks her. KG comes off the 2nd rope and runs into a superkick. KJ top rope 450's her for 2. KG flatliners her for 2. KG ankle locks her. KJ stomps her ear to get out. KJ hits a pumping knee and drops her. KJ misses an asai moonsault. KG spinning back elbows her and rolls out. KJ is violently pulled into the post ear first. KJ then pins her.

Thoughts: I didn't like that reverse spanish fly spot at all, but it was an okay bout otherwise. KG took some hard shots and her bump into the post at the end looked vicious. Kelani winning the title concludes a long storyline with her trying to win the big one and failing. KG did a decent job of working the ankle but KJ's selling of it wasn't the best. I also though this went a little longer than it needed to. It could have been great with a few fixes.

Robert Stone is interviewed and puts over the show so far. He says he's working on things with the tag division. H says Halloween Havoc will be on 10/31. 

Naraku says Shiloh Hill is smart but even the smartest man can lack judgment. He says Hill doing research on the internet doesn't mean he understands the mystery of the mist. He says he will regret wandering into the unknown world to find out about the mist. He says no knowledge can prepare him for the toxins in the eyes. He says Hill has felt the red mist but he left room for more pain. He says he will show the world why he will live in darkness.

Borne and Tavion talk. They are both disappointed and upset. Tav says one match at a time and they have to keep the title around his waist. Borne says Tav will be a champ again. Tav says Borne will be his friend for life. He tells him to even the score with The Vanity Project.

WWE NXT North American Title Match - Myles Borne (c) vs. Jackson Drake

JD runs at him and takes punches. MB euros him. JD chops and clubs him. MB back body drops him then lariats him. MB euros him down. MB lariats him over the top. MB suplexes him on the floor. Tavion Heights comes out.

JD enzugiri's him. JD tries to suplex him over the top but MB holds on. We go to PiP break and return. MB lariats him and dropkicks him. MB powerslams him then elbow slices him for 2. JD stun guns MB. JD handspring cutters him for 2. 

JD topes him outside. JD fireman's carry gutbusters him for 2. MB dropkicks him. MB hits a two powerbombs for 2. JD sits up top and MB dropkicks him down. MB topes him. MB hits Ricky Smokes and throws him in. Myka hits MB in the gut and powerslams him on the floor. Brad then gets on the apron and Tavion sweeps Brad. JD top rope 450's MB and pins him.

Thoughts: Borne had already lost one title tonight, so there was a possibility he lost here. Someone in creative really likes Drake and they like him a lot more than me. I thought this was a bit rushed and just average.

The Vanity Project pose on the ramp. Tav helps up Borne and Borne hits a zig zag on him in a surprise turn.

Kam Hendrix does a promo. He says it's not his fault he has more star power than Mason Rook. He says Mason is an everyman and he relates to the fans. Kam says he's not and is a star people come to see. He says Rook ended his career but he bounced back. He says he's tired of him weighing him down. He says he beat him before and will do it again on Tuesday. He says he's about to take off because it's lights, Kam, action.

We get a Gunther video. He says he got a lot of space and freedom to be himself in NXT UK. He says it was a big challenge to carry it. He says it was amazing to retire AJ, Goldberg and Cena and says no one can take it from him. 

WWE NXT Title Fatal Four Way Match - Tony D'Angelo (c) vs. Cruz Montana vs. Grayson Waller vs. Zilla Fatu

All four men fight before intros are down. Fatu nails Cruz and throws GW. Fatu corner splashes Cruz and Cruz flying forearms him. Cruz and GW takes a double Fatu lariat. TD spinebusters Fatu. 

TD hits punches on Cruz. TD topes GW. Cruz tope con hilos everyone outside. We go to PiP break and return. GW double stomps Cruz off the up and over. GW slides out and lariats TD. Fatu is sent into the steps. Cruz chops GW down. GW boots him off a sunset flip attempt. GW stomps him in the corner. 

GW back elbows Cruz in the corner. GW neckbreakers him for 2. Cruz forearms TD off the apron and backrolls into a cutter on GW. TD AA's GW. Fatu throat chops TD. Fatu and Cruz go at it and trade chops. Fatu throat chops him. 

Fatu piefaces TD. TD fires up and piefaces him. They shoulderblock battle. TD flying lariats him. TD pop up drops GW on the apron and backdrops him there. TD overhead belly to belly suplexes Fatu then Cruz. TD 2nd rope overhead throws GW.

We go to PiP break and return. GW is in the double electric chair and Cruz top rope blockbusters him. TD is pushed off the buckles. Fatu top rope splashes TD for 2. Cruz jumps off of Fatu's back and canadian destroyers GW. 

Fatu pops up Cruz but Cruz sends him into the post shoulder first. Cruz corner cannonballs Fatu for 2. TD pop up powerslams Cruz. Fatu pop up samoan drops Tony. Fatu flying samoan spikes TD for 2 when GW pulls the ref out.

Fatu punches GW outside and drops him with a headbutt. Fatu clears off the commentary table. TD spears Fatu by surprise on the floor. TD and Cruz get on the buckles and both go down. GW top rope elbow drops Fatu through the commentary table.

Cruz hits shots on TD in the ring. TD flying forearms him. Cruz superkicks him. Cruz backrolls and is hit with a german. Cruz no sells it ad fires up. TD spears Cruz. Cruz codebreakers TD. Cruz spinning lariats him. GW rolls in, stunners Cruz and pins TD. Waller wins!

Thoughts: It was fun because all 4 of these guys had a shot at winning it for different reasons. It was all action at a fast pace here. It was a little rushed at times but it went well. Fatu did fine but I think he needs a new outfit. Waller winning should give Cruz and Fatu someone to chase and defeat down the line. 

Overall thoughts: I liked the opener and it marked the end of the WWE Women's Speed Title. The NXT Tag Title match was decent and The Vanity Project did fine as usual. Nattie/Jaida wasn't as good as their last outing but they were aggressive and made it look like a fight. Kendal/Kelani had a shot at being great but didn't quite get there. It was still alright though. Borne/Drake was probably the worst match of the night and was just average. I liked the main and thought it was fun. I'd give it a 7 out of 10 as it was a good show and it moved along well. I enjoyed it more than I expected.

AEW All In 2026 8/30/2026

AEW All In 2026 8/30/2026

We are in London, England at Wembley Stadium. Excliabur, Tony Schiavone and Bryan Danielson are on commentary.

 Pre-show/Main show:

AEW World Trios Titles - Trios Royale Roulette

This had whole trios come in at once every few minutes but members could be individually eliminated. The big spot here was Roderick Strong doing a backbreaker to his wife, Marina Shafir. This saw The Demand and The Dogs team up against the faces for most of this. This then cut into the main show and finished on there. Everyone kind of got up and restarted when it cut to the main show. The surprise team was Swerve Strickland and The New Level (WWE's New Day, who are now going under the names Austin Creed and Kofi). Kofi did his usual battle royal spot where he managed to avoid having his feet touch the floor. The New Level and Swerve won as expected.

This was incredibly boring. It went on forever and was slow. There was tons of downtime where little happened and it was all pretty much built around waiting for The New Level to arrive (everyone assumed they were debuting here). This wasn't that exciting as we kept cutting away to the next team who would enter and there was a lot of people laying around while they waited for their turn to do various spots. And because there were so many people in the ring, there wasn't a lot of room to work nor the ability to get any great stories going.  The AEW Trios Titles also changed hands yet again here and those titles have changed hands too many times this year.

AEW Women's Tag Titles - Divine Dominion (Megan Bayne and Lena Kross) (c) vs. The Brawling Birds (Alex Windsor and Jamie Hayter)

The girls all shove each other. Alex is thrown out. Meg boots Jamie and shoulders her over. Meg takes a double shoulderblock then a double lariat over the top. Lena is pulled out. Alex top rope plancha's Meg. Meg facekicks Jamie.

Lena suplexes Alex on the floor. Jamie is rammed into the rails. Meg spears Jamie and foot chokes her. Meg corner splashes Jamie then double underhook suplexes her. Lena sliding lariats Jamie from behind. Lena sliding germans Jamie and Meg gets a 2 count off of it. Jamie hits forearms on Meg and Meg knees her in the gut. 

Jamie takes a double boot then she lariats Meg and Lena down. Alex hits shots on Lena then running lariats her. Meg is trapped in the ropes and takes chops. Lena superkicks Alex then Alex dropkicks Meg off the apron. Alex blue thunders Lena for 2. 

Lena hits shots on Alex in the corner. Meg germans Alex for 2. Meg is dropped gut first onto the ropes and takes a double AA for 2. The girls all hit shots on each other. Alex and Jamie hit stereo germans. The germans are no sold and The Birds get hit with germans. The Birds no sell germans then hit stereo lariats.

Alex hits chops on Meg and Meg flying lariats her. Meg sits up top and is headbutted. Meg is double superplexed. Jamie AA's Meg and low flying knees her for 2. Meg double germans her opponents. Jamie does a double ddt off a double chokeslam attempt. The heels no sell it. Jamie takes a claymore kick + german for 2. Jamie is double chokeslammed for 2. 

Alex backdrops Meg on the apron. Jamie uranage backbreakers Lena. Lena takes a sandwich lariat then a hart attack. Lena is double pinned.

Thoughts: It was basically a tornado tag match here. There were 3-4 people in this one all throughout. I didn't like some of the no selling here. The crowd also didn't save it. I figured The Birds would win since they are at home. It was a little above average.

AEW Continental Cup Final/AEW Continental Title - Jon Moxley (c) vs. Nigel McGuinness

Mox walks past The Death Riders as he enters, slaps their hands and lets Shafir slap him. There's two fans who follow him as he walks through the crowd and kind of makes his entrance with him.

Nigel full nelson's him and is put in a hammerlock. They trade some basic holds and Mox stomps his foot. Nigel hits forearms and euros him down. Mox leg kicks him. Nigel kicks him in the back and lariats him down. Nigel works his arm and eye rakes him. 

Nigel ties his arms up and leans back on them. They trade chops. Mox basement dropkicks Nigel in the knee. Mox boots Nigel in the leg and hits mounted corner punches. Mox dropkicks him in the knee while his leg is tied up on the ropes. Mox elbow drops his legs. Mox takes the tape off of Nigel's shoe. Nigel then wraps the tape around Mox's face. 

Nigel arm whips him down then takes him down by the arm. Mox hits running corner lariats. Nigel bridging cutters him for 2. Mox crossfaces him. Nigel rolls out and reverses it. 

Nigel tries a rebound lariat and is cuttered. Mox stomps Nigel's ankle. They butt heads and trade forearms. Mox facekicks him and takes a rebound lariat. Nigel lariats him down. Mox tries a rebound lariat and is lariated down for 2. Mox bulldog chokes him. Nigel squeezes Mox's arm with his chin, breaks the hold and does the london dungeon. 

Mox rolls into an armbar then does an ankle lock. Nigel rolls him up for 2. Nigel blocks a sunset flip and gets a 2 count on him. Nigel slap flurries him and Mox trips him into an ankle lock. Mox curbstomps him then ankle locks him. Nigel can't reach the ropes and taps out.

Thoughts: This was more of a gift to Nigel than a match that needed to happen. Nigel shouldn't have won here and thankfully didn't. It was fine. Mox worked the ankle a little and eventually won with an ankle lock. I didn't think it was either guy's best work though and it was a tame bout by Mox's standards.

AEW International Title - Kyle Fletcher (c) vs. Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kazuchika Okada

Kyle drops KO to start and KT is shocked. KT and Kyle trade forearms. KT facekicks him and flying lariats him. They trade shots on the ropes. Kyle facekicks him. KT goes to springboard, KO stops him and euros him. KO sweeps Kyle on the apron then bridging ddt's him on the floor while ddt'ing KT on the floor.

KO does a rare tope con hilo outside. KO euros KT down. KT hits mongolian chops on him. KO over the back neckbreakers him over the knee. KO slams KTKO top rope elbow drops him. KO flips off the crowd, Kyle flips him off and then suplexes him. KT is then suplexed. Kyle lawn darts KO into the buckles. KT poisonrana's Kyle. Kyle michinoku drivers KT for 2.

Kyle corner facekicks KT. KO suplexes Kyle then KT rainmakers KO. Kyle falcon arrows KT and all 3 men are down. KO Grabs a screwdriver and laughs. Kyle sees it. KO offers Kyle the screwdriver. Kyle takes it. KO tries to rainmaker Kyle but is forearmed and german'd by KT. KT germans Kyle while trying a bridge pin on KO. 

KT grabs the screwdriver and tosses it. KT hits both opponents and KO dropkicks KT. Kyle corner facekicks KT. KO lariats Kyle when KT moves. KO hits short arm lariats on Kyle. KT lariats KO down. KT corner facekicks Kyle. KT sits up top and is facekicked. Kyle takes a nasty looking ddt from the 2nd rope. KT pumping knees Kyle for 2.  KT hits a raging fire on Kyle then KO rainmakers KT for 2. 

Kyle and KT stare down KO. KO takes shots from both and goes down to a forearm + superkick combo. They trade forearms. KO is thrown out by KT. KT hits a wild blue thunder on Kyle. Kyle corner facekicks KT. Kyle brainbusters KT on the top rope. KO rainmakers Kyle and pins him.

Thoughts: I liked it. Outside of one spot, they didn't overdo it too much here, but man was the 2nd rope ddt nasty looking. It had some fun stories going on with the issues between the three guys and it made for an interesting bout. It was good.

Don celebrates with Okada after. Kyle grabs the title from Okada. Don tries to play peacemaker. Kyle gives Okada the title. Okada tells Kyle to raise his hand. Don says he will do it with him and Kyle raises Okada's hand while Okada does a goofy smile.

Casino Gauntlet match for a future AEW World Championship match

Andrade El Idolo comes out with 4 girls. He's first in and MJF is next. MJF and Idolo club on each other. Idolo gets the edge and MJF back elbows him. MJF hits him in the face with his crotch. Idolo then pulls off his pants and hits MJF with his crotch. MJF 2nd rope triangle tornillos him outside. MJF then takes photos with girls.

Nick Wayne comes out of nowhere and poisonrana's Idolo on the floor. Nick Wayne is in at #3. MJF tries to get Nick to work with him and Nick agrees. They stomp Idolo together and celebrate together. #4 in is Mike Bailey. Mike hits a kick combo on Nick outside and enzugiri's him. Mike top rope corkscrew moonsaults Nick and MJF outside. 

Mike kicks the top buckle into Nick's face. Mike top rope ssp's Nick for 2. MJF is thrown out. Mike and Idolo do top rope moonsaults over the posts outside. They then facekick each other down at the same time.

#5 is Tomasso Ciampa. Chris Jericho comes out at #6 before Ciampa even gets down the ramp. CJ drops Ciampa on the ramp with a shot. CJ gets in the ring and knocks Ciampa down. CJ knocks other wrestlers down with shots. CJ and MJF stare down. CJ crabs him. Mark Davis comes in at #7 and piledrivers CJ.

Mark piledrivers Idolo. Mark then yanks Mike into a piledriver. Mark piledrivers Ciampa onto Mike. Mark piledrivers Nick. MJF tries to make friends with Mark and also takes a piledriver for 2. Komander is in at #8 and is announced as "Mistico" in a clear botch. Kom springboard diving crucifix drivers Mark. Kom ropewalks and corkscrew dives outside. The announcer Justin Roberts then announces his name correctly. Kom rope walk ssp's Ciampa in the ring for 2. The faces all hit top rope hurricanrana's on the heels in sequence. 

Mistico is in at #9. Daniel Garcia comes in at #10 and nails Mistico as he comes down the ramp. Marina Shafir helps DG beat up Mist. Shafir then slaps DG and DG sells it. Mist topes DG. Mist enzugiri's Idolo from the apron and springboard diving headscissors him. Mist flying headscissors Nick. 

Mist walks up the ropes and armdrags Ciampa. Mist walks up the buckles and plancha's mutliple people outside. Mistico and Kom square off. Mist springboard twisting crossbodies him and Mist la mistica's Kom. MJF breaks it up. MJF spinning tombstones Mist for 2.

Mike is thrown out and lands hard on the apron. DG does his dance and hits MJF in the face with his crotch. Mike hits ultimate weapon on DG. Mike standing crossbody spanish flies MJF for 2. Ciampa hits chops on Mike. Ciampa bites Mike's foot then pumping knees him in the face for 2. 

Jack Perry is next in at #11. Jack nails Ciampa as he comes in. He top rope diving hurricanrana's Idolo off the top then top rope moonsaults people outside. Jack flying knees DG. Jack ties up Ciampa's legs and STF's him. Jack rebound lariats Nick. Jack superkicks Mark then he piledrivers him for 2. 

CJ throws out Idolo and gets a 2 count on MJF, who had just taken a judas effect. Nick rolls up CJ then high kicks him. Nick tope canadian destroyers Jack on the floor. Nick top rope phoenix splashes Mark's face for 2. 

MJF tries ah old on Nick and says it's on him. They shake hands and MJF low blows Nick. MJF heatseeker piledrivers Nick over the 2nd rope. Idolo spinning back elbows MJF out and pins Nick.

Thoughts: It was alright. Thankfully, Jack did not win this. They didn't overdo it too much and they had some fun moments and some nice highspots. It wasn't great or anything but it didn't go too long or get boring like the opener.

AEW World Tag Team Championship - Cage and Cope (Christian Cage and Adam Copeland) (c) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)

The Bucks have a video of them doing backyard wrestling for their tron. We then see clips of the start of AEW with them. 

Cage and a Buck lock up. Cage backs him up in the corner and side headlocks him. Cage shoulders him over and slaps him. Cope gets in and is slapped. Cope takes the Buck down and hits mounted shots on him. The other Buck is thrown out. A Buck is stomped on by both opponents in the corner. A Buck takes a reverse ddt + side slam for 2.

A Buck is popped up into a dropkick on Cage. Cope takes a double dropkick. The Bucks hit stereo bulldogs. Cage is double hiptossed. A Buck is dropped onto Cage then Cope takes a flying single leg dropkick. Cage hits a double reverse ddt on The Bucks.

Cope is tagged in. He hits shots on The Bucks and back body drops one of them. Cope then punches both. Cope is double superkicked. Cage throws one Buck into the other's crotch. Cope piledrivers a Buck on the apron. 

Cage neckbreakers a Buck then kneels on his face. Cope neckbreakers a Buck for 2. Cage gets kicked from the apron and Cope dives on the ropes when a Buck moves. Cage sweeps a Buck from the apron. Cage is hit with a killswitch. A Buck fights off Cage and Cope. Cage then takes a backcracker while on the 2nd rope. A Buck facebusters Cope then moonsaults off the apron onto Cage. 

Cope takes a risky business for 2. Cope ddt's Nick's leg and half crab's him. Cage is back body dropped to the floor. A Buck flips off the apron and cutters Cage on the floor. Cage takes a stunner over the top rope. Matt northern lights suplexes Cage twice then gets Cope with one too.

A Buck tries to springboard but intentionally slips in a wild manner. Cage low blows the other Buck then cutters a Buck. A Buck takes a 3D for 2. Cage and a Buck fight on the buckles. A Buck takes a double superplex. A Buck top rope 450's both opponents.

Cope hits an implant ddt on a Buck. Cope spears Cage when Cage is whipped into him. Cope is hit with a spear. Cage takes a BTE trigger for 2. 

Cage takes a BTE trigger for 2. A buck springboards and is speared by Cope. Cage hits a killswitch then throws that Buck into a spear from Cope for 2. A Buck rolls up Cage for 2. Cage has a wrench and hits a Buck with it. A Buck is thrown up into a spear and pinned.

Thoughts: The selling of the leg could have been a little better here. There were a ton of spears in this and The Bucks didn't get to go too wild here. It was acceptable but wasn't quite the dream match it was hyped up to be. I'm not sure where The Bucks go after this loss.

The Motor City Machine Guns come out after. The Guns get in the ring and talk to Cope and Cage. FTR and Stokeley Hathaway then come out, making their return after some time off. The New Level then come out. 

AEW TNT Title - Falls Count Anywhere - Kevin Knight (c) vs. Darby Allin

KK has a bunch of dancers for his entrance. DA rides a skateboard down.

DA dropkicks him and running back elbows him. DA tries another and runs into a title belt to the head. KK hits mounted shots on DA. DA is foot choked. KK grabs a table outside and DA topes the table into KK. The back of DA's head is busted open. KK is sent into the steps. 

DA dropkicks KK into the rails. KK walks up the steps and diving lariats DA. KK tries to pin DA on the commentary table. KK springboard diving lariats DA on the commentary table. KK lands hard on his knees and they fall over the table. KK gets a 2 count on DA.

DA rakes KK's back on the buckles. DA 2nd rope sunset bombs him but KK flips on the landing and lands on chairs. DA code red's him. Brian Cage comes in and nails DA from behind. Jake Doyle throws a ladder in. DA is back body dropped and lands crotch first on the top rests of two chairs.

DA's hands are tied up. Steven Borden comes out and hits Cage and Jake with chairs. Borden takes a bodyblock from Jake. Borden lariats Cage and dropkicks Jake down from the top. Cage superkicks Borden. Cage powerbombs Borden through a table in the corner. DA top rope diving headscissors Cage with his hands behind his back. DA tope con hilos KK through the ropes.

Cage lariats DA. Cage deadlift superplexes DA with his hands tied. DA is put in tree of woe. KK goes up top and the lights go out. Sting then comes out with a bat. Sting hits Cage and Jake with it then low bows Jake with it. Sting his Cage in the throat with the bat. Sting gives DA the bat. DA hits KK with the bat and Sting reverse ddt's KK. DA's hands are freed somehow. 

A ladder is set up. Sting and Borden climb the ladder together. Borden jumps of the ladder onto Cage and Jake outside. Jake is sent into the rails. KK goes up the ramp. DA follows him with a bat. They fight on the stage. KK eye rakes him. KK is sent into a lighting rig. DA chokes KK on the stage. DA climbs the lighting rig and coffin drops KK through the stage. KK is put on a stretcher and DA coffin drops him off the stage. DA then pins KK.

Thoughts: It was fun. We had a couple of wild Darby spots as usual and tons of shenanigans here. I'm not sure the result was the right call though as Darby doesn't need the title and they were trying to do something with Kevin as champ. I'm curious what this means for both. Darby really jumped high off the lightning rig and crashed hard.  

AEW Women's World Championship - Willow Nightingale (c) vs. Mercedes Moné

MM gets dancers for her entrance. Willow gets someone reading a kid's story for her entrance. Willow has armor on and confetti guns coming out of her chest. Nigel comes out to do commentary and is in a wheel chair.

Willow hits some shots. MM gets knocked down from the buckles and her leg gets stuck. Willow cannonballs her off the apron. Willow lariats her. MM hits forearms on her outside. Willow swings her into the rails. Willow low crossbodies her for 2. Willow reverse alabama slams MM. MM pulls the top buckle off. MM is busted open. Willow's head is banged off the exposed buckles.

MM tornado ddt's her. MM meteora's her on the ropes for 2. MM twists Willow's arm with her feet. MM top wristlocks Willow's arm then sits on her back with it. Willow is armdragged off a running powerslams. Willow lariats her from behind. MM hits 3 amigos on her. Willow suplexes her off the apron onto the floor.

They hit forearms on each other inside. Willow lariats her down then backsplashes her. Willow throws her over and chest kicks her down. MM kimura's her on the 2nd rope and Willow slams her down. Willow 2nd rope dropkicks her for 2. MM hits a straightjacket backstabber for 2. 

Willow 2nd rope spanish flies her for 2. MM does a crossface on her. Willow death valley drivers her into the buckles. Willow misses a corner cannonball. MM sunset bombs her in the corner and double knee drops her there. Willow double boots her out of the corner. 

Willow stomps and clubs on MM. Willow top rope moonsaults MM for 2. MM rams Willow into the buckles and hits a money maker on her. MM gets a 2 count. MM pounds on Willow's injured hand and tries to take the cast off of it. Willow pounces MM into the ref. Willow's hand is banged off the commentary table and steps. MM stomps Willow's hand into the steps. MM takes off Willow's cast and twists her fingers.

Willow whips MM with the title belt. Willow doctor bombs her in the ring. MM takes a buckle bomb on the exposed buckle. Willow takes a 2nd rope hurricanrana. MM backcrackers her. Willow backslides her for 2. 

MM knees Willow in the face. MM does a crossface on her. MM then does a single arm straightjacket with it. Willow seems still in it and the ref just stops the match for no real reason.

Thoughts: It would have been nice if MM did a hand/wrist submission on Willow to win since she worked it and since it was injured. Mone won as expected here. Willow's reign was a surprise to begin with and we know how much Mone loves holding titles. They both put out a good effort here. Willow did some moonsaults and Mone got bloody here. It got a lot of time to play out as well. I wasn't high on this as a semi-main, but we got enough to justify it. The match was alright.

AEW World Title - Kenny Omega (c) vs. Will Ospreay

We get a video of Will Ospreay's mom talking over top of clips of Will. We see a lot of clips of Will's pre-AEW career. Will comes out with Henare, Callum Newman and Francesco Akira. He then walks past Zack Sabre Jr, Michael Oku, Ricochet and Swerve. Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher then step aside for him. He then hugs Alex Windsor. Mox gives Will the UK flag in the back and nods at him despite Will turning on him.

We get a Kenny Omega career video in Japanese. The Young Bucks, Nakazawa and Cutler come out with Kenny. They did not have a big match intro in the ring with the announcer for Will/Kenny.

They lock up and Will is backed up on the ropes. KO chops him, Will no sells it and hits chops on him. They trade shots. KO shoulders him over and Will kips up. KO eye rakes him. KO clubs on Will and chops him. KO boots him out of the corner. Will flips out of a hurricanrana and hurricanrana's KO. Will facekicks KO on the ropes. Will slingshot plancha's him outside.

Will hits chops, punches and knees on him. Will goes up top and is thrown down. KO flying headbusters him. KO dropkicks him in the back of the neck. KO slaps and chops him. KO foot chokes him. KO chops him down.

KO backbreakers him and neckbreakers him. KO pushes Will's neck/back over the exposed middle turnbuckle connector. Will springboard forearms him. They forearm each other. Will flips off of him and step up enzugiri's him. Will handspring corkscrew kicks him. 

Will jawbreakers him and chest kicks him down. Will tries to standing corkscrew moonsault him and KO gets his knees up. Will stunners him. KO finlay rolls him. Will superkicks KO's head into the top buckle. Will sunset bombs him down from the 2nd rope. Will corkscrew kicks KO's back for 2. 

Will top rope corkscrew moonsaults him outside. KO's head is banged off the commentary table. Will's head is banged off a table and he gets kicked into the commentary table. KO's head is banged off the commentary table. The ref tries to separate them and Will pushes him down. KO hits Will in the head with a monitor. Callum Newman gets in KO's face and The Elite/United Empire get separated. KO sitout powerbombs him through a table. Will is busted open.

Will tries to get in the ring and KO hits him with a pumping knee. KO dragon suplexes him on the apron. KO tope con hilos him outside. KO goes up top and dropkicks him from behind. KO pumping knees him from behind. KO 2nd rope electric chairs him then germans him down. 

KO hits knees on Will while he's down. KO snap dragon suplexes him. KO hits another dragon suplex. KO pumping knees him from behind. Will hidden blades him. They trade forearms. KO's eye is bleeding.

KO hits punches. Will chops him and headbutts him. Will hits Kawada kicks. Will kicks him in the head. Will hook kicks him. Will spinning forearms him. Will forearms him in the back of the head and hits downward shots on the back of the neck. 

Will hidden blades him for 2. KO pumping knees him. Will flips out of a lariat and powerbombs him. Will holds on for a styles clash for 2. Will goes for an os cutter and is knee'd in the head from behind.

They trade punches. Will hits forearms. KO flying pumping knees him in the front and back. Will no sells a poisonrana. KO flying pumping knees him and tiger driver 91's him. KO pumping knees him on the ropes. KO hits an OWA for 2. 

KO flying pumping knees him on the ropes. Will hits a tiger driver '91. KO knees him in the face. Will hits punches. Will hits hits his own OWA for 1. Will hidden blade's him. Will hits a stormbreaker for 1. Will hidden blade's him and pins him.

Thoughts: They did too much here. Will took tiger driver's, 2nd rope germans, dragon suplexes on the apron, OWA's and then they started kicked out at 1 on dangerous moves by the end of it. They just went too far in the end. They did have somewhat of a story going with Will's injured neck being worked on but stuff like cravates was traded for much more dangerous maneuvers. I would have been fine with this if they cut out the last 10 minutes or so though. The last 10 minutes were just terrible with them going with all of their worst instincts. It had some positives to it but it just wasn't that good by the end. Will won as expected here as that was really the only outcome this could have had. 

Will gets fireworks after and holds up the title.

Overall thoughts: I appreciated this one not going too far over 4 hours and being on in the afternoon. It makes for a much better experience when I don't have to fight off sleep and fatigue. 

The opener was terrible. That trios gauntlet went on forever, it was slow and it is honestly my pick at this point for worst match of the year. The Women's Tag Title match was average. Mox/Nigel was fine. I liked the International Title 3-way the best on the show and it's rare when a Kyle Fletcher match wins match of the night with me. That was good. The casino gauntlet was fine. The Young Bucks' match was acceptable. Darby/Kevin was fun. Willow/Mone was okay and had potential to be great if they had followed up on Willow's arm more. The main just got too indy by the end for me with them kicking out of the most dangerous moves as possible.

Everything got a lot of time to play out as usual. Outside of the main and Darby's match, the stunts were limited. AEW does seem to have wisened up some and the wrestlers seem to be working smarter. The show wasn't real strong storyline wise, but they gave a strong effort wrestling wise as usual and with the roster being so much better than it used to be, it works. I'd give it an 8 out of 10 overall and it was good overall. I may not always love what AEW gives us on PPV, but they are going to give you your money's worth and they will do you right.

WOW Women of Wrestling 8/29/2026 Season 6, Episode 38

WOW Women of Wrestling 8/29/2026 Season 6, Episode 38

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/wow-women-of-wrestling-8222026-season-6.html

We get a video on Coach Campnelli's history with Team Spirit. Then we see how she created Top Tier.

We get then see Top Tier vs Team Spirit from WOW Women of Wrestling 3/30/2024 Season 4, Episode 29. My review of that was:

WOW Trios Trophy - Top Tier (Coach Campanelli, Gloria Glitter and Kandi Krush) (c) vs Team Spirit (Pep Riley, Sasha Sparks and Ariel Sky)

Coach and Sky start us off. Coach twists her into a bodyscissors. Sky uses her leg to get out of it in a cool manuever. Coach tries to trip Sky but Sky rolls out of it. Sasha back rolls into a headscissors on Gloria. Sasha armdrags and dropkicks her for 2. Gloria is tripped by Sasha and Pep.

Pep rolls up Kandi then Kandi does a rainmaker style lariat for 1. Pep takes shots from her opponents in the corner then Kandi sliding forearms her. Kandi throws her off the headlock. Pep goes up and over Coach then does a cartwheel back elbow.

Coach boots Sasha then knees her in the gut. Sasha takes a double gordbuster and Gloria stomps on Sasha. Gloria surfboards her then Sasha jawbreakers and upkicks her. Sky forward cartwheels into a lariat on Coach then backrolls into a headscissors on Kandi. Sky rolls into a codebreaker on Coach then backflips into a back elbow on Kandi. Sky cartwheel basement dropkicks Kandi. Sky does a wraparound bulldog on Coach.

Sasha step up knees Coach then takes a neckbreaker. Gloria germans Sky then Pep 2nd rope crossbodies Gloria. Kandi cradle shocks Pep then Sasha bulldogs Kandi. Coach hits an unprettier (called the buzzer beater) on Sasha and wins it.

Thoughts: This was a good tag and was a real showcase for Sky. I said when she debuted that Sky had a lot of potential to get ahead in wrestling and she showed it here. While I was kind of sour on Coach leaving Team Spirit, if it means Sky's going to be groomed to be a top girl then it'll be fine. I don't love the faces losing today, but if this feud is continuing and they get that win back at some point down the line, it'll be worth it. The work in this tag was really above the usual for WOW and these girls were working hard at a fast pace. I'd really like to see this one again. 

We get a video on Pep Riley/Daisy Lane. We see Pep/Daisy and Chainsaw's history together. We then see how Pep changed her name to Daisy Lane.

We see clips of Top Tier winning some matches. We then see how Fury got hooked up with Daisy Lane and Chainsaw. We see Coach talking about Pep Riley/Daisy Lane. We see a Top Tier promo.

We see clips of a non-title Monsters and Metal vs Top Tier match where Monsters won. We then see clips of the Monsters and Metal vs Top Tier WOW Trios Title match. I think that was from WOW Women of Wrestling 8/30/2025 Season 5, Episode 51.

We then see clips of the Monsters and Metal vs Top Tier WOW Trios Title match from WOW Women of Wrestling 11/29/2025 Season 6, Episode 12. Here's what I wrote about that:

WOW Trios Titles - Top Tier (Coach Campanelli, Kandi Krush and Gloria Glitter) vs Monsters and Metal (Daisy Lane, Chainsaw and Fury)

The heels attack in the corner to start. They take out Chain's partners and triple team her. Chain is pulled over the top and triple teamed outside. Chain goes into the post. Lane hits a triple crossbody off the 2nd rope. Lane is lifted for a headscissors on Krush. Lane corner splashes Krush. Fury corner splashes Krush and boots her. Fury corner hip attacks her.

Lane bronco busters Krush. Fury rolls up Glitter and backhands her. Fury lariats her for 2. Glitter pump kicks Fury. Fury takes corner attacks. Glitter snapmares Fury. Coach walks on Fury's back and basement dropkicks her. 

Coach misses a corner spear. Lane comes in and spinning headscissors Coach. Lane's head is banged off the buckles. Lane takes a double hiptoss for 2. Krush knee lifts her. Glitter steps on Lane's back. Coach misses a corner charge and Lane sunset flips her. Lane basement dropkicks Coach. 

Lane tags out and Chain comes in. Chain shoulders over and lariats the heels. Chain black hole slams Glitter for 2. Chain splashes Glitter for 2 when the ref is pulled out. Coach and Fury both say the other pulled the ref out. Lane is thrown out onto all of them by the heels and ref. Chain spinning drops Lane onto Glitter inside but the ref is down and can't count. Another ref comes in and counts the pin for Chain. Monsters and Metal win the trios titles!

The ref's argue outside. The main ref waves his hands and the replacement ref takes the titles away from the faces. Dave McLane says the match is a no contest and Top Tier keeps the belts.

Coach laughs on the mic. She says they are the greatest team in wrestling and says they will win every time. She says they are Top Tier and are still the trios champs.

Thoughts: We haven't seen a dusty finish in a while. The general problem with trios titles is that it's hard to come up with fresh teams and difficult to really build programs because only there's usually only a few trios at one time in a promotion. Monsters and Metal should have won here, but there's really no others teams for them to face outside of Top Tier if they had won. The same can be said for Top Tier, though they could fight The Dojo Defenders and Ashley Blaze again. I really think this finish was just done to stretch things out before Monsters and Metal eventually win. The match was fine but it's a little disappointing of course when the faces get the big win and it's taken away.

Next week's show has a recap history of WOW's tag team division.

We go to break and return with more on the Monsters and Metal vs Top Tier feud. They talk about the Full Metal Massacre match and show us some of the match. That match is from WOW Women of Wrestling 3/14/2026 Season 6, Episode 23. Here is what I thought about the match:

WOW Trios Titles - Full Metal Massacre - Top Tier (Coach Campanelli, Gloria Glitter and Kandi Krush) vs Monsters and Metal (Daisy Lane, Fury and Chainsaw)

The faces hit the heels with chairs before the match starts. All 6 fight outside. Coach chokes Daisy with a cord. Krush's head is banged off the post. Krush chops Fury outside. Chain throws a trash can in. Daisy's head is banged off the apron and Krush takes a chair to the gut. Chain chairs Glitter. Fury hits Coach with a trash can lid. Fury then bangs drumsticks off the trash can lid into Coach. Krush hits Fury with a kendo stick.

Krush takes a double trash can lid shot. Daisy is sent into the post. Chain chairs Krush. Glitter flying euros a ladder into Chain then hits the ladder with a trash can lid. Glitter does the stair stepper on a ladder that's on Chain. Chain has a trash can lid in her face and Krush sliding forearms it.

Daisy hits Glitter, Coach and Krush with a spinning ladder shot. Daisy then gets dizzy and falls over. Glitter trips Daisy into an open chair. Daisy is put upside down into a trash can. Coach dropkicks the can into Daisy. Fury backdrops Glitter onto a trash can lid. Fury chokes Krush with a chain. Krush pump kicks Fury over while she's in a chair. Coach and Chain fight up a ramp. Chain slams Coach on the stage for 2. 

Chain puts Coach in a wheel chair. She rolls her down the ramp into the apron edge. Daisy climbs a ladder and jumps off the top onto Top Tier. Fury bridges a ladder onto another ladder in the corner. Coach grabs a wrench and hits Chain in the back of the head with it. Coach top rope double stomps Chain while she lays gut first on a ladder. Coach hits Chain with a trash can. Fury spinebusters Coach on a trash can for 2.

Glitter does a pedigree variation on Fury. Fury throws Daisy out. Krush hits Chain with a chain. Krush is up top and Chain throws her through a table. Daisy is stuck up top. Chaim puts Glitter on a table and Daisy top rope sentons Glitter through the table. Daisy pins Glitter.

Thoughts: This match is a good example of why WOW works. It may take a while to get to the big match where the faces overcome the heels, but it will come and when it does, it'll be good. That's what this was. We finally got the payoff for a match that was built to for months. It did take a very long time to get here, but the end result delivered and it almost made it worth it. Don't get me wrong, this wasn't exactly one of the famous TLC matches or a famous hardcore match, but for WOW standards, it was great. Everyone put their best effort in and we got all kinds of big spots we don't normally get. I really liked the match and thought it was good. It was everything it was supposed to be. We will see where things go from here as the faces will need new challengers and Top Tier, the first and only trios champs, will need something else to do without the titles.

We then see clips of Gloria Glitter being kicked out of Top Tier. We then see Kandi Krush and Coach turn on each other as the show ends. 

Overall thoughts: It was a clip show with no new content and next week appears to be a clip show as well. It's been a pretty bad year for WOW as it feels like half the shows have been re-runs or clip shows with very little new content. It's just not acceptable for a company in their position and with their budget and it makes the company look very cheap. There was no new content here so I won't rate this. I would totally skip this. 

AEW Collision 8/29/2026

AEW Collision 8/29/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/aew-collision-8222026.html

We are in Glasgow, Scotland. Tony Schiavone and Excalibur are on commentary. 

Mercedes Mone vs Isla Dawn

This is a random one as ID never makes AEW TV.

Mone backs her up in the corner. Mone gets in her face and ID hits leg kicks. ID boots her in the knee and Mone backcrackers her. Mone sits on her neck on the ropes. Mone hits corner lariats and codebreakers her arm. Mone pendulum double knees her in the corner for 2. 

Mone throws her down backwards and boots her in the face a few times. ID knees her in the face. ID hits forearms and lariats. ID flying knees her in the corner and backdrops her for 2. Mone sunset bombs her into the buckles.

Mone corner meteora's her and hits a money maker. Mone then crossfaces her and submits her.

Thoughts: It was all squash here. Dawn's from here and it sucks that she got completely squashed.

Willow comes out and kicks one after. Mone runs. Willow has a hand cast on. She says she will be d*mned if she lets Mone take the title from her. She says she's her AEW Women's champ. She says she's walking in with her smile and title and walking out of it still smiling.

Jon Moley and Shafir do a promo from after Dynamite. Mox sings. He says Nigel comes home with lightning in a bottle and asks what he will do with it. He says Nigel is 3 seconds away from making his dreams come true. Mox says he likes happy movies. He says the real world is scary enough. He says there's a fantasy world where Nigel wins and the real world where he rips his leg off and feeds it to his family dog. He says he knows what he is capable of and how quick he can make the 3 seconds come and go. He says Nigel won't get him before he gets Nigel. Mox says man isn't free until he has nothing to prove, gain or hide. He asks which one of them that describes. He says the clock is running down and Nigel better make sure his hand isn't shaking.

Chris Jericho, Mike Bailey and Komander vs Tomasso Ciampa, Mark Davis and Nick Wayne

Don Callis is on commentary for this.

Ciampa stalls outside. TC and CJ lock up and let go. CJ backs him up in the corner. All 6 men get in the ring and fight. Mike boots Nick outside and kicks him in the back. TC bangs Mike's head off the apron. TC's head is banged off the commentary table.

Everyone fights outside. CJ is thrown in and he baseball slides TC. Mike triangle asai moonsaults Mark and Kom tope con hilos Nick. We go to PiP break and return. Nick boots CJ and CJ death valley drivers him. 

Mike comes in and kicks the buckle into Nick's ace. Mike boots Nick out of the corner. Mike 2nd rope double dropkicks his opponents. Mike spin kicks Nick in the gut and axe kicks him. Mike chest kicks Nick down. Mike running ssp's Nick. TC and Mark stomp on Mike.

The faces hit top rope punches on the heels. The faces then hit hurricanrana's. Mike falcon arrows Nick. Mike top rope ssp's Nick for 2. Nick flying euros Mike then hits mounted shots on him. TC stomps Mike's foot and punches him. TC boots Mike in the face and Mark sentons Mike. We go to PiP break, full break and return.

Mike dropkicks Mark. TC and Nick argue and shove each other. Mike gets away from the heels and tags Kom in. Kom rope walks, flips into the ropes and armdrags Nick. Kom double jump springboard diving headscissors Mark. Kom ddt's TC.

The faces all hit springboard dropkicks/kicks on the heels. Mike and CJ do dives out. Kom rope walk corkscrew dives TC.  Kom walks up the ropes and splashes TC. CJ crabs Mark. Kom and Mike then do crabs on their opponents. Mark enzugiri's CJ down.

Mike PK's Mark then standing moonsault double knee drops him. Mark gutwrench suplexes Mike onto his chest. TC running knees Mike and Nick tries to steal the pin. CJ hits chops on TC and TC punches back. TC forearms Nick down when CJ moves. CJ spinning back elbows TC. Mark lariats CJ. Kom bodyscissors Mark over the top rope.

Mike superkicks Nick. Nick high kicks him. Mike cradles him for 2. Mike standing spanish fly counters Nick and pins him.

Thoughts: This went too long and was a bit of a chore to get through. The work was fine and Jericho's team really tried here, but it dragged. Jericho flew around a bit more than usual and I liked their dive sequences here.

We get a video on Divine Dominion vs The Brawling Birds

The Dogs (David Finlay, Gabe Kidd and Clark Connors) vs Ronan King, Judas Grey and Landon Riley

One of the jobbers is dressed up like a goth woman.

The jobbers are thrown out and DF stomps one in the corner. DF running euros one of them then suplex throws him. Gabe brainbusters a jobber on the floor. Gabe gets hit by the jobber dressed like a woman and slaps him. Clark then punches that jobber. That jobber is then thrown into the post.

Landon tries to fight off the 3 heels then is dropped with a Gabe forearm. Landon takes a double pop up drop and Clark spears him. Landon takes a Gabe piledriver. DF hits overkill on Landon and pins him.

Thoughts: It was all squash here. The Dogs looked good though and did what they were supposed to do.

Landon is thrown into the rails and piledriven on the floor after.

We get a video on Mercedes Mone vs Willow.

Nigel McGuinness does a promo. He says he will finally get to make it to Wembley. He says if he fails and doesn't take the title from Mox, it'll haunt him forever. He says he knows Mox is the favorite. He says he will steal the title from him and says the gold is coming home with him.

Adam Page, Bang Bang Gang (Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn & Jay White) & Brodido (Bandido & Brody King) vs. The Demand (Bishop Kaun, Ricochet & Toa Liona) & The Lethal Twist (Blake Christian, Jay Lethal & Lee Johnson)

Lethal got pinned here after taking Page's buckshot lariat and White's bladerunner. It got a lot of time. The action was pretty fast times and there was more than 2 people in the ring for most of this. We had a funny little botch session going on at one point. Lee Johnson took some weird back body drop out and landed bad. Blake tried a handspring corkscrew kick but ended up just punching White in the face on accident and Page slipped on a triangle springboard lariat. Due to how many people were involved, we really didn't see all that much of a lot of people and it probably could have gotten double the time. What we got was alright though.

The Dogs jump the faces after then the heels join in. The Death Riders then join in on the fight. The Conglomeration then join in. 

Skye Blue vs. Harley Cameron

They said HC got injured months ago in a match vs SB. This is HC's return.

SB Throws her down backwards. HC knees her in the gut and SB facekicks her down. SB hits mounted shots. SB leg drops HC on the ropes. HC flying neckbreakers SB. HC armdrag rolls her and SB boots her away. HC knees her in the face then dropkicks her through the ropes.

SB's head is banged off the apron. HC is tripped into the steps. We go to PiP break, full break and return. SB superkicks HC's head into the top buckle. SB sitout powerbombs HC or 2. 

HC hits a forearm flurry on SB. SB superkicks her. HC headbutts her and is superkicked again. HC crucifix bombs SB but SB no sells it and running knees her. Julia Hart comes in and puts a belt in the ring. HC pulls it away from SB. SB then is handed another belt and she hits HC with it. SB pins HC.

Thoughts: Having HC return here (instead of at Wembley) and lose was dumb. Maybe it'll lead somewhere, but it was dumb either way. They did their moves here but there wasn't much logic otherwise. What we got didn't go that bad though.

Maya World does a promo at Wembley. She says Persephone embarrassed her when she hit her with the title. She says she will beat her @ss for free and challenges her to the All-In Buy-In.

The Don Callis Family comes out and Don does the intro for Kevin Knight. Don says he watched Kevin barbecue Darby last week. He says Kevin has grown into the man he imagined he could become. Kevin says Darby was asking how far he would take it and Kevin says we saw he is willing to go all the way. Kevin says he sent Darby to the ER 3 times and says it will be no different at Wembley. He asks where Darby is. Someone in a hood then attacks Kevin. It's Steven Borden, Sting's on.

Don points out that it is Sting's on. Don says he's interested in him and says he could be better than his dad.  He says it won't happen if he listens to Darby. Don says he's been scouting him and says The Family is a star family. He says he breeds champions. Don says he thinks Borden came to join The Family. He says there's no way he came out here to get his @ss kicked. Borden says he came out here to say Darby will win Sunday and take the title. Kevin Knight hits Steve with the title and leaves him laying. Kyle Fletcher then comes out as The Family leaves.

Konosuke Takeshita vs The Beast Mortos

Kyle Fletcher is on commentary.

They shoulder battle. They shove each other and lariat battle. KT facekicks him and flying lariats him. KT hits mounted corner punches. Mort boots him out of the corner and slingblade facebusters him. KT goes to slingshot and is headbutted down. Mort tornillo topes him. Mort backbreakers him. We go to PiP break and return.

Mort headbutts him in the chest and Mort is dumped over the top. KT tope con hilos him. KT then stares down at Kyle Fletcher on commentary. Kyle tells him to get in the ring and holds his title up. 

KT flying knees Mort in the corner and northern lights suplexes him. Mort headbutts him in the chest. KT blue thunders him for 2. Mort spears him. KT then knees him into the face and both go down. Mort hits some strikes and crucifix bombs him. Mort pops him up and takes a crucifix bomb. KC falcon arrows him for the win.

Thoughts: It was a much shorter and safer match than you would expect between these two. I would say it was due to KT being on All In and not wanting to get injured. What we got was full of action and fine, but it was about half the match they would normally have. And maybe that's for the better. KT won as expected.

Kyle Fletcher runs in after and hits KT with his title belt. KF hits mounted shots on him and pulls his hair. Kyle brainbusters him on the title. Kyle then poses with the title.

Overall thoughts: The opener was random and I didn't love Isla getting squashed at home. The work was fine in Jericho's match, but it went long and was a bit of a chore to get through. The Dogs won a squash. We had a 12-man tag which was a bit hard to keep track of. What we got was alright but a match with this many people needs a half hour at minimum and it didn't get it. Skye/Harley hasn't that bad. Mortos/Takeshita was a much more toned down version of the match they would usually have. They didn't overdo it but also didn't have a classic. It was acceptable. I would give this a 6 out of 10 overall as the work was okay but with it being the go home show, there were a lot of restrictions and that limited things. The show was acceptable overall but not much more.

NWA Powerrr 8/29/2026

NWA Powerrr 8/29/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/nwa-powerrr-8222026.html

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

We see clips of Drake and Silas staring down last week.

Silas Mason, Alex Taylor, Carson Drake, Aron Stevens, Kyle Davis and Billy Corgan are in the ring. Kyle says it's NWA 78 and he introduces everyone. Billy welcomes everyone to the show and he guarantees history will be made tonight. He talks about Silas vs Carson. Billy says 9 men have had the NWA Title since he bought the NWA and talks about them. 

Billy says Silas just came back from defending the title in All Japan. Billy says he wanted a contract signing and wants no shenanigans in the main event. Billy wants Carson to go first and Aron takes the mic. Aron says Carson is not the challenger in the title, he's the uncrowned champ. He says Carson is the greatest success the NWA has known and Silas is the greatest disappointment. He says Silas can go sip mountain water on the mountains after handing his title to Drake.

Silas says Thrillbilly goes up to Thrilladelphia. He says Carson can't buy or weasel his way into the title. He says it is earned. He says Carson earned a title shot and the @ss whooping he's about to give him.  

Carson says Silas had nothing to do with the NWA getting the Comet deal and says it was due to Carson. He says Silas has a lot of confidence for someone who couldn't stop his house from burning down. He says Silas can't beat him.

Sirena Veil and "Big Al" Alice Crowley vs Liviyah and Corrine Joy

Liv and CJ come down the "CarShield Road to Gold" ramp. Paige Collette is with SV and Al. Someone named Lou is on commentary.

SV backs up CJ in the corner. CJ hits her and boots Al. CJ 2nd rope diving headscissors SV into Al. Paige trips CJ. CJ is sent shoulder first into the post. CJ is double superplexed. 

CJ chest forearms Al. Al forearms and pump kicks her. Al backdrops CJ. Al pulls CJ's head into the ropes then lariats her from behind for 2. Al air raid crashes CJ for 2. 

Liv and SV get in. Liv lariats SV and flying shoulders Al. Liv corner facekicks Al and corner lariats SV. Liv throws SV on a suplex. Liv airplane spins SV and TKO's her for 2. CJ swinging facebusters SV and stomps her. SV spinning backhands CJ then hits a blade runner on her. SV pins CJ.

Thoughts: It was short and nothing too special. Al hit some hard shots here and her team won as expected.

Joy is held after for a stunner from Paige. Shaw comes in and fights off  Paige's crew then gets beaten up. Lou then pulls out the person being beaten up out.

Bryan Idol is in the CarShield corner. He says Mike Mondo put his hands on his mom. He says he wants to step up to him and hurt the people who are near and dear to him. He says let's put a ladder in the ring so when he knocks them down like dominoes, they will know he's the champ and he won't let anyone put their hands on someone he loves. 

Brandon McCord, Alex Misery and El Dragon Nihan are in the ring and Kyle Davis interviews them. Brandon says every great collection deserves to be exhibited and his is no different. He says they will have a McCord Collection Showcase with El Dragon Nihan challenging Alex Misery for the NWA TV Title. He says may the best man win.

NWA World Television Title Match - Alex Misery (c) vs "El Dragon" Nihon

We have a 6:05 time limit for this like always.

Drag misses a charge and takes kicks. Alex flying knees him in the corner. Alex flips over him off the buckles. Alex hits shots and clubs on him. Drag hits a nice dropkick for 2. Alex chops him and is clubbed.

Drag forearms him down. Alex hits forearms and chops and is dropped with a punch. Alex kicks Drag while he holds him over the top. Alex then topes him outside three times. They go on the ramp and Alex is back body dropped on the metal ramp. 

Alex boots him out of the corner. Alex top rope crossbodies him. Alex punches, knees and clubs him. Alex hits corner spears and dropkicks him. Drag chokeslams him. Alex tries pins then hits a headbutt flurry. The time limit then runs out.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. Dragon didn't much meaningful offense in and Alex didn't flying as much as I had hoped. It should have been a lot more explosive than it was. 

Alex keeps hitting Nihan after and The McCord Collective break it up.

Effy does a promo. He says his NWA TV debut didn't go to plan. He says he is coming back in 3 weeks to become the NWA World Title #1 Contender.

NWA Junior Heavyweight Title - Axton Ray vs Hayden Backlund vs Richard Adonis vs Damian Fenrir

Corgan says Slade is stripped of his title. He says he wasn't focused on his title and blames Aron Stevens. He doesn't give a great reason but kind of agrees that it was due to "detrimental behavior" and says it's a privilege to hold the title.

Rich high kicks Ax and boots him in the corner. He then clubs on him. Ax flips over Rich. Ax enzugiri's him down. Ax rolls up HB for 2 then hits punches. HB ddt's Ax then hits mounted shots on him. Ax is thrown out.

DF dropkicks HB. DF buckshots over HB and slams him for 2. DF hits chops on Rich. Rich bites DF's hand. Rich does some kind of top rope flip into a cutter. Ax flying knees Rich.

Rich head kicks Ax from the buckles. Ax powerslams Rich for 2. Ax hits forearms and a euro on HB. Ax suplexes HB for 2.  HB pulls Ax's hair. DF back body drops HB then Ax powerslams DF for 2. HB gedo clutches Ax for 2. 

Ax pops up HB and catches him. HB cradles Ax and pins him with his feet on the ropes.

Thoughts: This was a random one and Hayden winning was a surprise. Hayden hasn't been pushed much or done much of note since he joined NWA. I would have had someone else win this but maybe he will grow into the role. It was average as the format was a bit tough and they didn't get a ton of time  to work with. SLADE getting stripped of the title was random and I hope he's not done with the NWA.

The Pope hypes up Mims. He says they don't have The Light with them but together, they have unity and strength. He tells him to listen to him and says they will go all the way to the top. Mims then gives him a mouth piece to match his.

The Cazana's are in Rome. They say they are in the Roman Colosseum and their belts were confiscated. Joe says they came to see the Eiffel Tower and thought they were in France.

Kerry Morton vs Colby Corino

CC misses a shot then KM goes out to stall. CC slingshot plancha's him. CC kicks him against the rail. CC forearms and chops KM in the corner. CC hits mounted corner punches on KM. CC does an olympic slam cariation on him. SS then standing inverted flipping sentons him for 1.

KM neckbreakers him from behind. KM drops him gut first on the top rope. KM back rakes CC and suplexes him. We go to break and return. 

KM goes up top, jumps down then just does a normal stomp on CC. KM goes up top and CC armdrags him down. CC flying forearms him in the corner and back elbows him. CC dropkicks him in the corner. CC neckbreakers him. CC top rope swantons him for 2. 

KM hits a soul foot. CC superkicks him. KM germans him. KM pumping knees him right in the jaw for a close 2. CC dragon suplexes him. CC hits chest kicks. KM spinning forearms him from behind. KM pounds on the back of CC's neck. CC spits at him and KM pumping knees him again. KM pins him.

Thoughts: It was average. It just wasn't quite as exciting as it should have been and KM ended up winning as expected. I don't think the break helped this one out either.

KM and CC go at each other after in the aisle. Alex Taylor then comes out and takes CC's side.

Overall thoughts: The women's tag match was nothing special. Nihan didn't get much offense in on Alex Misery and that match wasn't that good. Hayden Backlund randomly won the Jr. Title after Slade was stripped for weak reasons. That match was average. The main was also average. I wouldn't really recommend one and would just give it a 5 out of 10. It was an average show with nothing that good on it with lots of random matches.

CMLL 8/29/2026 Viernes Espectacular

CMLL 8/29/2026 Viernes Espectacular

The announcer talks to open the show as usual. 

Cerebro Negro Jr. & Raider vs. Brillante Jr. & Rey Pegasus

Raid and Rey start us off. Raid takes him down and is armdragged. Rey sweeps him twice and Raid facebusters him. Raid then stops him. Raid stomps Rey. Rey enzugiri's him from the apron then blind springboard diving reverse headscissors him. Rey then tilt-a-whirl backbreakers Negro.

Rey walks up the buckles, rope walks, drops down and springboard diving headscissors Negro. Brill enzugiri's Negro then flips in with an armdrag on him. Brill corkscrew headscissors Raid and superkicks him. Raid 2nd rope springboard dropkicks Brill. Raid stomps Brill. 

Brill chops Negro from the apron. Raid chest clubs Brill on the ropes. Raid 2nd rope reverse suplexes Brill. Rey then springboard splashes Raid. Negro armdrags Rey into a double stomp. Negro basement dropkicks Rey.

Rey is sat up top and Negro drops him down chest first for 2. Brill slingshot pendulum ddt's Negro for 1. Rey superkicks Raid. Raid is then held for a springboard dropkick to the butt. Rey lariats Brill. 

Brill does a nice tornillo tope on Raid outside. Rey flips off the bottom rope and headscissors Negro down from the top.  Negro air raid crashes Rey for 2. Brill dropkicks Negro out. Raid does an electric chair into a german on Brill. Rey springboard diving headscissors Raid. Rey electric chair drivers Negro for 2.

Raid flying headscissors Rey. Brill 2nd rope flipping russian legsweeps Raid. Rey and Negro then do stereo springboard dives on their opponents. Rey takes over Negro for 2. 

The four trade shots. Raid and Negro hit stereo canadian destroyers then get hit with stereo poisonrana's him. Brill is popped up. Rey corkscrew rope walks, drops down and springboard tornillo's out. Brill 2nd rope hurricanrana's Raid and pins him.

Thoughts: It went too far by the end but it was a good opener otherwise. They hit a bunch of complicated spots, Rey Tornado had a fantastic night and it was a main event worthy match in the opener. This couldn't have gone much better than it did and everyone went all out for this one.

Guerrero Maya Jr. vs. El Cobarde

Cob jumps on him and stomps him before it starts. Cob boots him on the ramp. Cob chokes Maya with his own cape and foot chokes him. Maya chokes him back. Cob top rope dropkicks him. Cob tope con hilos him outside. 

Cob sends Maya into the rails. Cob top rope swantons him inside for 2. Cob hits elbows on him. Cob misses a corner splash and Maya bulldogs him. Maya then rips on Cob's mask. Cob clips him from behind and foot chokes him. 

Cob boots and punches him in the corner. Maya criss crosses him and spears him. Maya topes him outside. Maya spinning heel kicks him in the corner and flying double knee's him from behind for 2. Maya hits a twisting unprettier for 2. 

Maya is tripped into the buckles and takes a meteora from behind. Cob blue thunders him for 2. Cob spin kicks him in the gut, leg sweeps him and standing moonsaults him for 2. Maya hits tilt-a-whirl backbreakers. Cob then just kicks him right in the crotch and is DQ'd.

Thoughts: The finish was dumb and totally out of nowhere. And it's a shame because the match was good otherwise. They had a furious pace here, they showed some aggression and it was exciting from start to finish.

Maya talks on the mic after. He says he's tired of his attitude. He says he declares himself his worst enemy and says he will end his career. Maya says he will return to being a technico to finish him off. Cob then drops him and beats him up on the ramp.

Ema Maishima, Maika & Mei Seira vs. Las Infernales (Dark Silueta, Lluvia & Zeuxis)

L = Lluvia, Z = Zeuxis

L has the curly red hair and Z has the straight brown hair.

Ema and L go at it. They compete for cheers and Ema boots her. L pulls her hair then dropkicks her. Mei top rope crossbodies L when Ema rolls out. L throws down Mei by the hair. Mei sweeps Z then slaps her. Z dropkicks Mei in the knee then crushes her with a running meteora. Maika gets armdragged by Z then is kicked in the back.

Maika headscissors Z out of the corner. Z slaps Maika, Maika shoulder throws her and sliding lariats her. Dark trips Maika and basement dropkicks her in the head. Dark then pulls on Maika's hair. 

Dark 2nd rope dropkicks Maika. Dark superkicks Ema and kicks her in the leg. Ema flying headscissors Dark. Ema top rope dropkicks Dark. 

Dark takes running corner attacks. Dark takes a triple basement dropkick in the corner. Z gets stomped on by the Japanese then she takes a triple basement dropkick. L is on the 2nd rope and takes dropkicks to the back. All 6 girls fight. We get a 6 girl suplex spot. 

Dark 2nd rope diving headcissors and Z does a dropkick off the top. Ema's head is banged off the top buckle. L then double underhook codebreakers Ema on the apron. Mei top rope plancha's Z outside. Dark cannonballs off the apron to the outside. Maika plancha's off the apron outside. L then top rope plancha's off the top outside.

Mei suplexes Dark and rolls her up for the pin.

Thoughts: I liked it. It got real fast and wild by the end with most of the girls doing dives. It went a lot better than I expected and I thought it was an okay bout.

CMLL World Tag Team Title #1 Contenders Match - Los Gemelos Diablos (Gemelo Diablo I & Gemelo Diablo II) vs. Los Villanos (El Hijo del Villano III & Villano III Jr.) vs. Los Divinos Laguneros (Blue Panther Jr. & Hijo De Blue Panther)

There's too many similar names here so I'm just going to give my post match thoughts for this.

Hijo del Villano got the pin over Hijo de Blue Panther here. It had a lot of people coming in and out. Everyone hit their fair share of big moves and we got a decent amount of dives...and some awkwardness. The lowpoint of the match was when one of the Blue Panther's was on the rails, a Gem tried to tope him but mostly just went into the rails. It was definitely a little rushed but they did what they could do with the tough format here. It was acceptable.

Lightning Match - Blue Panther vs. Gran Guerrero

Gran armwringers Blue and is arm whipped down. Gran flips him. Blue boots him out of the corner and rolls on him. Gran stomps on him. Gran boots Blue in the corner and stands on him there. Gran pulls on Blue's mouth and foot chokes him. 

Blue walks up the ropes and 2nd rope twisting crossbodies him. Blue back body drops him and lariats him. Gran baseball slides Blue off the apron. Gran boots him outside. then sends him into the rails. Gran facekicks him outside. Gran gets a 2 count on him inside. Gran goes for a springboard to get in and Blue swats him down. 

Blue topes Gran outside. Blue then hits a 2nd tope outside.  Blue gets a 2 count on him inside. Gran misses a corner charge and goes out. Blue crossbodies him off the ramp. Gran goes up top and Blue armdrags him down for a 2 count. Gran 2nd rope cradle shocks him for 2. Gran chops him in the corner. Blue then chops him in the corner. Gran clubs on him on the mat. Gran poses on the ropes, he goes over to Blue and Blue cradles him. Blue pins him.

Thoughts: I liked it. Blue defied age as usual here and had a good showing. The upset win at the end was a nice surprise. It was an okay bout. 

Averno, Barbaro Cavernario, Ultimo Guerrero & Zandokan Jr. vs. Dragon Rojo Jr., Mistico, Star Jr. & Templario

The heels come out first. The faces come out one at a time and the heels start beating them up. Rojo gets hit on the ramp by Barb. The faces still kind of do their usual entrances even as their partners take whoopings. Barb and Rojo fight outside the ring with Barb getting the edge. Rojo is sent over the rails.

The faces get beaten up in the ring and Av boots Mist on the ramp. Mist is thrown in. UG boots Temp in the ring and Av pulls on Mist's mask on the buckles. Mist is dropped crotch first ont he rails. UG pulls on Temp's mask on the buckles. 

Mist is sent into the rails. KeMalito then drops KeMonito onto Mist outside. Zand sitout AA's Star for 1. Barb kicks Rojo on the ramp. Mist is rammed crotch first into the post by Av. UG baseball slides Temp off the apron. The heels continue to beat up the faces.

Barb springboard splashes Rojo. Zand sends Star into the rails. Temp springboards and UG dropkicks him in mid air. Av stomps Mist on the ramp. UG 2nd rope gordbusters Temp. Mist flying headscissors Av. KeMalito then clips Mist on the ramp.

UG superkicks Temp. Av then pulls on Mist's mask in the ring. Barb pounds on Rojo in the corner. Av stands on Temp. Mist springboard flying headscissors Av down. Mist handspring double back elbows the heels. Rojo top rope dropkicks Barb. Star and Temp do a springboard armdrag and dropkick. Rojo, Temp and Star then tope out. Mist walks up the buckles and plancha's Av outside. 

Rojo does a dive out. Temp and Star do topes. Mist then tornillos outside onto Av. Rojo chops Barb in the ring. Rojo gets chopped down by Barb. Rojo boots Barb out of the corner then Rojo spears Barb.

Zand and Star trade chops. Star slaps him and stomps him. Star spin kicks Zand in the gut then slingshot neckbreakers him. Star superkicks Zand out.  UG lariats Temp then pulls on his mask. Temp enzugiri's UG on the buckles. UG 2nd rope powerbombs Temp for 2. Temp 2nd rope powerbombs UG for 2. Temp flying headscissors UG. Mist is triple stomped on by the heels. Mist handsprings into a the ropes and hits a double armdrag. Av is pushed into Barb then Mist flying headscissors Av into Barb. Mist then 619's the two. Mist springboard diving headscissors Barb.

Mist spinning headscissors Barb from his shoulders. Mist walks up the buckles then corkscrew diving armdrags Barb. Star top rope moonsaults outside. Mist then topes Av near the post. Temp walks up the ropes and springboard dropkicks UG. Temp flying space tiger drops UG from the apron and pins him.

Thoughts: The faces took a long beatdown to start things. They made their comeback. Things evened up for a while then the faces kind of did a second comeback with dives and pikced up the win. It was longer than it needed to be and dragged a little but they got the point across by pushing the Barb/Rojo feud. It was okay overall, but they could have cut a lot of this out.

CMLL World Heavyweight Title Match - Hechicero (c) vs. Eddie Kingston

Eddie runs at him and hits him before the bell. Eddie pounds on him in the corner and chops him. Hech hits punches and spinning lariats him. Eddie bites his head. Hech is then sent into the rails. Hech dropkicks Eddie outside. Eddie sends Hech into the steps and bangs his head off of it. Eddie suplexes him on the steps. 

Eddie rips up Hech's mask in the ring and exposes his face.  Eddie hits punches. Hech hip throws Eddie then twists his arm and head with his feet. Hech pounds on Eddie's head.

Eddie kicks the middle rope into Hech's chest. Eddie headbutts Hech. Hech's head is banged off the buckles and Eddie chop flurries him. Hech chop flurries him too. Hech hits mounted corner punches. Eddie enzugiri's Hech. Hech step up knees him in the corner.

Eddie lariats Hech down then Hech northern lights bombs him.  They trade chops. Eddie hits forearms. Hech clubs on Eddie over the top rope. Hech dragon screws Eddie around the 2nd rope. Hech top rope flying elbows Eddie for 2. Eddie exploders Hech for 2. Hech backslides him for 2. Hech dropkicks him and step up knees him. Hech flapjacks him. Hech rolls him around the ring via the head and arm and pins him.

Thoughts: I liked it. They started off hot. Eddie mostly stuck to brawling here and not Japanese moves and Hech got his usual technical wrestling offense in. It didn't go too long either and it went a lot better than I expected it to go.

The announcer then closes the show.

Overall thoughts: It was a good show from CMLL. The first two matches were about as good as you could ask for. The women's trios match was an okay and fast bout. The 3-way men's tag was acceptable. Gran/Blue was another okay bout with Blue ignoring his age as usual. The 8-man tag went a little long but it was fine. Some people really hated the main but I thought it went well and it beat my expectations. I'd give this an 8 out of 10 overall as there was a lot of good wrestling here, it was nice to see some special guests and everyone worked hard. 

EPW Wrestling Unleashed 8/1/2026 Episode #253

EPW Wrestling Unleashed 8/1/2026 Episode #253

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/epw-wrestling-unleashed-7252026-episode.html

Gene Jackson and Joey Gross are our hosts. We are in Booneville, MS

The hosts welcome us to the show.

K-Swiss is sweeping up the ring. The refs complain and they argue about it. Swiss then threatens them with the broom. 

Aaron Roberts comes out. Swiss backs off when Aaron gets in. Aaron facekicks him. Aaron buttdrops him and Swiss goes out.

Mike Anthony is interviewed. He's excited about being at the Tippah County Fair on 7/31 but he's more excited about being at home. He says they take over the fair as only they can do. Mike then issues an open challenge. He says to get ready to welcome everyone to The Nightmare.

Aaron Roberts is interviewed. He says he said he would be a fighting champ and says he sees The Order running him down on TV when he's not in town. Aaron says he has come to town. He says his title was earned not given and says The Order wants to disgrace the title. He says he's paying attention and they got a problem. Aaron says he's running his mouth and doesn't see Dorian Vain out here. He says when Dorian's ready, he's ready and he'll walk out EPW champ.

The Order (Izzy Rotten and Ethan Ross) vs Sevyn Cruz and Jared X Rawlings

Sev's team heads in and the fight starts. Jared sends Ross out of the ring and slingshot plancha's him. Sev hits forearms on Izzy. Jared is sent into the post. Izzy hits corner spears and headbutts on Sev. Ross misses a charge outside and goes into the rails.

Izzy eye rakes Sev and Jared hits forearms on Ross inside. Sev and Jared take shots in the corner. Izzy chops Jared. Sev hits chest kicks on Ross. Sev facebusters Ross for 1. Ross chokes Sev. The heels are sent into each other and both are rolled up. Sev and Jared pick up stereo pins to win.

Thoughts: It was a short texas tornado style tag here with all 4 men fighting at the same time. It had a lot of action and they did a good job of bringing the fury here. These teams did a good job putting over that they had issues and I liked this.

Sev is put in a chinlock after. Ross beats up on Jared and TKO's him. Sev covers Jared and gets stomped on by the heels. Refs then come in to break this up. The heels put the faces in holds and leave them laying.

Wonder Boy is interviewed. He says he's excited to be at the Tippah County Fair. He says he needs everyone to be there to witness him fight for justice and beat crooked villains across the ring. He says be there to witness justice prevail.

EPW Apex Title - Eli Knox (c) vs Elijah Rose

They lock up. EK hammerlocks him and trips him. EK slaps him in the back of the head. EK backs up Rose in the corner and chops him. EK struts and Rose chops him. Rose armdrags him then dropkicks him. Rose back body drops him. EK swinging neckbreakers him for 2. 

EK hits forearms on Rose and slaps him. Rose backdrops him then hits lariats and back elbows. EK backrolls him for 2. Rose germans him for 2. Rose is pulled into the 2nd rope. EK jumps and drives Rose's face into his knee. EK pins Rose.

Thoughts: It was a decent battle here. Rose had the right idea and was definitely doing old southern babyface style wrestling here. It worked too. Knox won as expected.

Ethan Steele vs Chuck Swann

Chuck has a new girl with him. Chuck talks on the mic then ES nails him from behind.

ES double axe handles him and drops him with a shot for 1. ES misses a running back elbow. Chuck step up knees him in the corner. Chuck russian legsweeps him into the buckles and sliding hip attacks him for 2. Chuck goes for a move and is backdropped.

ES gets a 2 count on Chuck. Chuck spinning ddt's ES. Chuck does a spinarooni. Chuck jumps at him and is flatlinered. ES pins him.

Thoughts: It was a shorter one. They kind of made Chuck look like a fool here on purpose as he'd strut and do taunts then get nailed for it. This was not really what I expected.

"DDT" Diana Taylor vs Gigi Turner

They lock up. DT wristlocks her and hammerlocks her. DT side headlocks her then shoulders her over. DT chinlocks her and knees her in the back. DT bangs Gigi's face off the mat and low leg lariats her for 2. Gigi jawbreakers her. Gigi hits some shots then armdrags her. Gigi hiptosses her and sitout slams her for 2.

DT jawbreakers her then flying back elbows her. DT misses a corner charge. Gigi hits kicks in the corner. DT snapmare drivers her and pins her.

Thoughts: Diana didn't get all that much offense in here. Gigi needs to work on making her offense look a little better. It was a match.

DT hugs Gigi and holds her arm up after.

CJ Thomas is interviewed. He says he's itching to be at the Tippah County Fair. He says he wants to take the CJ System there. He says it's a summer of squats and lifting heavy weights. He says he will show everyone why the CJ System is sweeping the nation. He says it's a CJ Thomas promise.

CJ Thomas is interviewed. He says he's in the best shape of all his life and says his quads are bigger than everyone's future here. He says this town is worthless and needs more water instead of sugary drinks. He says the fans are beer chugging inbred idiots. The interviewer defends the fans. 

James Storm comes out. Storm says he heard what he said. Storm says he's proud to be a redneck. He says you learn respect being a redneck. He challenges CJ to a match. CJ asks if the fans want to see that match and says that's too bad as there's not a ref out here. A ref then appears in the ring. 

The interviewer says let's do it. Storm goes to say, "sorry about your d@mn luck" then CJ nails him.

"Cowboy" James Storm vs CJ Thomas

CJ bangs Storm's head off the apron. Storm hits punches inside and back elbows him. Storm bangs CJ's arm off his shoulder. We go to break and return. CJ pulls Storm's hair and side headlocks him. Storm side headlocks him then shoulders him over. Storm hiptosses him. Storm pulls him crotch first into the post.

Storm hits CJ outside. Storm is sent into the post then has his head banged off of it. CJ chinlocks Storm. CJ pulls him down by the hair then chokes him. CJ back elbows him and rakes his eyes on the top rope. CJ running euros him in the corner. CJ does push up's. CJ running euros him in the corner. Storm superkicks him and pins him.

Thoughts: They didn't quite make as much of the finish as they could have. CJ got a lot in here and tried to heel it up some. It was acceptable but nothing too special.

Storm helps CJ up after. Storm does jumping jacks and superkicks him down. Storm then does push up's next to him while he's down.

Overall thoughts: The Order's match with Cruz/Jared was the best match of the night. Rose/Knox was fine. Steele kind of embarrassed Chuck Swann. Diana/Gigi wasn't much of note. Storm/Thomas was acceptable. It was an okay show as usual from EPW and the shows always have a fun little vibe to them. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 overall.