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I'll have Forbidden Door up in the early evening. I will then work on Raw.
WWE LFG, LM52 and WWC 6/28 may have to wait until Tuesday.
I reviewed NXT The Great American Bash 2026 here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/06/wwe-nxt-great-american-bash-2026-6282026.html
I reviewed TNA Slammiversary 2026 here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/06/tna-slammiversary-2026-6282026.html
WWF Superstars of Wrestling 10/31/1992
Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/wwf-superstars-of-wrestling-10241992.html
Vince McMahon and Mr. Perfect open the show. Vince hypes up the tag title match tonight. Perfect predicts The ND's will lose the titles to Money Inc.
We then do a split screen with Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan, who will be calling the tag title match. Gorilla says The Natural Disasters bring too much to the table for Money Inc. Bobby says if anyone can beat The ND's, it's Money Inc.
The Nasty Boys were supposed to get the tag title shot but Jimmy Hart gave it to Money Inc instead. The Nasty's come out before it starts. The Nasty's point and yell at Jimmy Hart. Money Inc go up to The Nasty's from behind in the ring and those two teams argue. Dibiase gives Knobbs money to pay him off. Knobbs says "I don't think so". IRS then chips some cash in. Knobbs counts the cash. The Nasty's put the money in their pockets and start beating up on Money Inc. The Nasty's hit lariats on them and throw IRS out. Ted then takes a double clothesline. The Nasty's then leave with the cash.
Thoughts: I enjoyed this. It made sense and it was a nice big happening at time when there weren't a lot of them on TV. This feels like the beginning of a face turn for The Nasty's.
WWF Tag Titles - The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Typhoon) vs Money Inc. (Ted Dibiase and Irwin R. Schyster)
This starts with IRS down outside of the ring and The ND's double teaming Ted. Ted takes a double shoulderblock then takes splashes from The ND's in the corner with Quake splashing Ty's back into Ted. Ty slams Ted then IRS trips Ty from behind. Ted hits Ty from behind. Ty's head is banged off the buckles. He takes shots from IRS.
Ted bangs Ty's head off the buckles. IRS elbow drops Ty. IRS tries to suplex him but can't. Ty suplexes IRS. Quake and Ted get in. Quake jumping kicks Ted and back elbows him. Quake atomic drops IRS out of the ring. Quake powerslams Ted then elbow drops him. The Headshrinkers and Afa, who have never even been mentioned on Superstars before (well Afa obviously has but you know what I mean), come out.
The Headshrinkers argue with Ty and distract him. Quake takes a double shot from behind. Quake then is thrown over the top and takes a big bump into the rails. We go to break and return with Quake holding his head after hitting it off the rails.
Quake is thrown into the corner then IRS climbs on his back for a sleeper. Quake falls into the buckles and breaks it. Ted sleepers Quake. Quake backs up into the corner to break it again. IRS gets on Quake's back with a sleeper. Ted puts the million dollar dream on Quake. Quake goes to his knees and is out. Money Inc. win!
Thoughts: I know what they were going for here, but I'm a little more welcoming to Bobby Heenan's take on what happened. The Nasty's beat up Money Inc before it started. The match started with IRS down outside. The ND's then double teamed Ted. That wasn't a great way to make The ND's look like faces here and the story of this one was pretty whack. The Headshrinkers made their Superstars debut here. They had had debuted a month or two earlier on Prime Time, but that episode doesn't exist in full and even I don't have it. I have no idea why The Headshrinkers would be mad at The ND's. I'm just glad we actually got to see this title change unlike some others this year. Quake took a nice bump to the outside in this one.
Heenan invites Jimmy Hart up to the booth after and hugs him. Gorilla asks why Hart did what he did to The Nasty's. He says he's the manager and he calls the shots. He said he made the right choice as Money Inc are the tag champs. The Nasty Boys then come down. Saggs grabs Hart. Knobbs then grabs Heenan and Heenan runs. Knobbs says Hart stole their belts and says he's messing with The Nasty's. He calls Hart a runt and threatens him. Money Inc and various officials then come down. Hart gets a pit stop and double gorilla pressed off the commentary stand onto Money Inc.
Thoughts: Hart took a big bump here and was great at selling his fear of being thrown. The Nasty's are definitely faces now.
Mr. Perfect and Vince McMahon talk. Perfect says The Nasty's had no business throwing Hart off the stage. Perfect says Money Inc is a better team.
Yokozuna vs Bill Jordan
Yoko hits a throat shot and uranage's him. Yoko crushes Bill's head with a legdrop then hits a belly to belly suplex. Yoko hits a hard running back elbow in the corner. Yoko then banzai drops him to win.
Thoughts: This is Yokozuna's Superstars debut. He looked really good here. He could move well for his size and he squashed Bill. He also showed some personality in this and looked like a boss. It's clear WWF has found a new prospect and Yokozuna is going to be a force.
We see clips of the Nailz/Taker stare down from last week.
WWF Event Center
Bam Bam Bigelow does a promo. He says beware because he's coming.
Tatanka vs Dale Wolfe
A clown with a giant mallet is spotted in the crowd...
Dale eye rakes Tat then Tat hiptosses him. Tat trips him and armlocks him. Tat hits a back body drop then armlocks him. Tat leapfrogs and dropkicks him. Dale back elbows him in the corner and hits some punches. Dale elbows Tat in the neck and rakes his back.
Dale and Tat trade shots. Tat jumping chops him then hits a regular chop. Tat jumping chops him then slams him. The clown dances in the aisle as Tat comes off the top. Tat hits a samoan drop and gets the pin.
Thoughts: I liked this one. It was a bit even and Tat moved well. We also got our first sighting of Doink The Clown.
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Joe Beavens is on the stage. He's new. He interviews Ric Flair and Razor Ramon. Ric says there's no one who knows more about surviving in the WWF than him. He said he survives by being alongside a man who knows more about surviving than any man alive - Razor Ramon. Razor says Warrior and Macho are gloating. Razor says they are both champs and don't need belts to prove it. Ric says one of Macho and Warrior will pay the price. He says one of them doesn't leave the building. Ric says they are focused. He says they will survive, hurt somebody then style and profile.
Survivor Series Report
Mean Gene Okerlund talks about the show. Bret Hart does a promo. He says him and Shawn will face each other and their careers are similar. Bret says Shawn's a great wrestler. He said he dedicated his whole life to be champ and says it will take a hell of a man to beat him. He says we will see if he's that man.
The Big Boss Man fights Nailz in a nighstick on a pole match. Nailz says he can't wait until SS. He says he will climb the pole, grab the stick and finish the job this time. He says Boss will find out what it's like to serve hard time.
Rick Martel vs Tatanka has been announced. The Undertaker and Paul Bearer are at Paul's workshop.
Taker's working on a coffin. Paul says there's never been a coffin match. He says the winner will be the survivor and the loser will rest in eternal damnation. We see the blueprints for it. Paul says Taker will enjoy an early Thanksgiving dinner while Kamala will be an offering.
Hacksaw Jim Duggan does a video. He says you can vote for the candidate of your choice Tuesday and says make your vote count.
Shawn Michaels vs Steve May
Shawn does an inset promo with Sherri. He said he spread his wings and is soaring with the eagles. He says he's taking Bret's title and putting it around his waist. Marty Jannetty then jumps the guard rail. He appears in the mirror reflection.
Marty beats up on him and back body drops him. He sends him into the corner lariats him and hits mounted shots. Marty grabs Shawn's mirror. Marty goes to hit Shawn with it but Shawn pulls Sherri in front of him and Marty nails Sherri with the mirror. Sherri is knocked out and Marty's bothered. The stretcher is then brought out for Sherri. Perfect says Marty hit Sherri on purpose and Vince defends Marty.
Thoughts: Marty hadn't been around since getting thrown through The Barber Shop's window. I was wondering what happened to him. It was a good angle here and we'll have to see where this goes and how it affects Bret vs Shawn at Survivor Series.
WWF Event Center
Sean hypes up the 11/7/1992 Lowell Memorial Auditorium and Boston Garden shows.
Crush does a promo on The Berzerker. He says Berz is next on his list. He says he's big and strong and is a dangerous opponent. He says it will be one of his biggest challenges yet and says, "shaka".
Papa Shango does a promo with a skull with a wig. Papa says British Bulldog is entering his world.
He says it's a dark world that will close on Bulldog. He says his power will overcome him and his voodoo will destroy him.
The British Bulldog does a promo. He says everyone wants a chance at his title. He says Papa Shango is next in line. He tells him to come cast a spell on him. He says it takes more than fire and spells to take the title from him.
Vince tells us Marty Jannetty has regained consciousness. Vince and Perfect talk next week's show which has The Headshrinkers and Money Inc vs High Energy in a tag title match.
Jimmy Hart does a promo. He says he can't believe The Nasty's turned their backs on him after all he did. He says Jack Tunney has forced Money Inc to defend their titles next week. Hart says they don't have time to celebrate and this is not fair.
Overall thoughts: It was a must see episode and one of the better Superstars eps I've seen. Yokozuna debuted. Joe Beavens debuted. We got a glimpse of Doink the Clown. Marty Jannetty returned. We got a video on Bam Bam Bigelow, who is returning. And The Headshrinkers made their first appearance on the show. We also got a tag title change. I wish more Superstars episodes were like this.
WWE NXT The Great American Bash 2026 6/28/2026
Note - This show runs against AEW Forbidden Door 2026. AEW ran Forbidden Door against TNA Slammiversary, TNA dropped down to 4PM to avoid AEW and WWE decided to mess with AEW and run this against Forbidden Door. This show is also the first NXT PLE on The CW.
We are at the Performance Center in Orlando, FL. Vic Joseph and Booker T are on commentary.
We see various wrestlers arrive and hangout.
NXT Title - Tony D'Angelo (c) vs. Naraku
Tony's eye is all taped up here. Tony drops Nar with a punch. Nar grabs a chair outside and Tony spears him through the riser. Tony hits mounted shots on Nar in the ring. Nar boots him in the side of the head. Nar rakes his face with his boot and bangs Tony's head off the buckles. Tony's eye is raked on the ropes. Tony hits corner spears on Nar and Nar eye rakes him again.
The ref tries to get Nar to back off of Tony. The ref threatens to stop the match. Tony tells him that he doesn't stop this for anything. Tony hits punches and chops on Nar. Tony lariats Nar on the ropes then suplexes him. Tony is swept on the apron. Nar STO's Tony into the apron edge.
Nar hits mounted shots on tony and backbreakers him. Nar drops his eye first on the mat for 2. Nar half crabs him. Nar suplexes Tony into the buckles for 2. We go to PiP break and return. Nar knocks Tony out of the ring and sends him into the rails, which breaks them. Nar hits darkness falls for 2. Tony running powerbombs Nar. Nar hits chops and punches. Tony shakes the ropes. Tony hits punches and lariats him. Tony corner lariats him and bulldogs him. Tony germans Nar twice.
Tony pop-up powerslams Nar for 2. Nar germans tony. Tony no sells it. Tony hits a spinebuster and pins him.
Thoughts: I was glad to see Naraku lose here. Nar worked Tony's injured eye early. Tony fought through and won. I didn't like the riser or the rail spot being meaningless. The match did work better than I expected though. It was alright.
NXT Women's North American Title - Zaria (c) vs. Tatum Paxley
The ref holds the title up pre-match and the girls tug of war over it. TP headbutts her and clubs on her. TP pump kicks her and dropkicks her. TP is stungunned and Zar spinning lariats her. Zar running back elbows her and chops her. Zar pump kicks her and germans her.
Zar suplex throws her. Zar rams her in the corner and hits corner spears. TP double stomps Zar's back in the corner. TP corner crossbodies Zar. Zar pop-up headbutts TP. TP trips her with the ring apron, ties her up in it and superkicks her. TP step up enzugiri's her using the apron.
Zar throws TP over the rail. TP then chokes her from behind. Zar drops her backwards on the floor to break it. We go to PiP break and return. TP forearms her and step up enzugiri's her. Zar drops TP gut first on the top rope. Zar foot chokes TP as she lays on the top rope. TP knees Zar in the face.
TP bangs Zar's head off the post. TP rope crossbodies Zar. TP hits flying forearms on Zar. TP rebound germans Zar. TP superkicks Zar. They fight on the buckles. TP 2nd rope superplexes her. Zar spears her.
They trade shots. TP superkicks her in the gut. Zar knees her in the face. Zar hanging chokes TP. Zar and TP are on buckles across from each other. They trade forearms on the apron. TP sunset bombs Zar on the floor. TP spinning heel kicks her. TP hits a tequila shot on the floor on her. TP then hits another in the ring for 2. TP victory rolls her for 2.
Zar hits a big spear. Zar F-5's TP for 2. Zar hits mounted shots on TP's back and curbstomps her. Zar F-5's her and pins her.
Thoughts: The selling wasn't the strongest here. The pace was fast though, there was a lot of action and it definitely held my interest. TP got roughed up some near the end. The sunset bomb and the finishers really should have put Zar down here though. I still liked this but this was a flawed match.
Kendal and Wren talk in the back. Ken says Wren's sitdown made her shed a tear. Ken says Wren rebuilt the NQCC and while it might be just them two, that's all they need. Ken says Wren will defend her title tonight. Wren says Ken will win the title and rope she's not the future but the now.
Robert Stone talks to The Vanity Project. The Project complain about not being on the show. Stone says Drake can face Rook on Tuesday. He says Smokes and Brad can defend their titles vs Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr and Galeno, who then walk in. The Wagner's say they will take the titles.
We cut to the watch party outside. Blake Howard, Kevin Owens and Dave LaGreca are there on the stage. They talk about the show.
Shiloh Hill vs. Tristan Angels
TA tries a cheap shot but Hill stops him. Hill shoulders him over. TA bends over and has his back double chopped. Hill flying shoulders him. Hill grabs TA's sash. Hill airplane spin drops TA. Hill rams TA in the corner. TA double stomps Hill as he hangs from the top rope.
We go to PiP break and return. Hill ducks a facekick and slides under the ring. TA is then pulled under with him. The lights go out and we see under the ring. TA finds a ringing phone there that says "the fog is coming, the fog is here". Hill then sleepers him under the ring. TA hits him with a cable and escapes.
Hill then appears behind him somehow and grabs him again. Hill legdrops TA as he hangs off the apron. Hill top rope diving lariats TA. Hill misses a move off the apron and goes splat on the mat. TA moves the steps near the ring.
Hill is stun gunned on the ropes. Hill is then thrown gut first into the bottom rope. We go to PiP break and return. TA throws Hill shoulder first into the post. Hill runs up the steps and spears TA through the ropes inside. Hill comes off the top and TA codebreakers him there for 2. Hill hits a 2nd rope neckbreaker and pins TA.
Thoughts: It was just so-so. It didn't get enough time. The spot under the ring was dumb and should have lead to a double countout as well. The finish was a bit sudden too.
Hill is interviewed after. He says he feels relieved and says Tristan is everything he doesn't want to be. He says he isn't pretty or polished but that's not a factor in winning. He says tonight is an example of why no one sleeps on him.
Nikkita Lyons talks to Petrovic, Diggs and Natalya in the back. Lyons congratulates her on her Guinness Record of most submission wins in WWE. Nat tells them they have to listen to her to get ahead. Nat puts the girls over and says she doesn't want soft women in her business. She says Jaida Parker is soft. Diggs says the locker room is hard to survive in and says to give Jaida a break. Nat says maybe Jaida grows a pair. Nat says they will be with Karmen on Tuesday in her corner.
EK Prosper talks to Robert Stone. He says he needs his revenge vs Keanu Carver for getting put through a table. Stone says he needs to wait. Stone says he won the match vs Keanu and has earned a title match. He says he will face El Hijo del Vikingo for the AAA Latin American Title. EK is excited.
Some of the wrestlers talk about the US being 250 years old.
WWE Women's Speed Title - Wren Sinclair (c) vs. Arianna Grace
We have 5 minutes for this.
They double clothesline each other to start. AG boots her out of th corner and rolls her up. AG side headlocks her. Wren shoulders her over then bangs AG's face off the mat. AG twisting fisherman neckbreakers Wren.
AG flying back elbows Wren. AG boots her in the corners. AG low diving forearms her for 2. AG knees her in the gut then stomps Wren's leg. AG knee drops Wren's leg for 2. Wren cradles her for 2. Wren rolls her up for 2.
AG high kicks Wren. AG takes a 2nd rope gordbuster. Wren top rope crossbodies her. Wren chops AG and back elbows her. Wren double underhook suplexes her. Charlie Dempsey distracts Wren on the apron. Wren forearms him down. AG cradles Wren for 2. Wren spinning drops AG on her chest. Wren submits her with cattle mutilation.
Thoughts: It was a short one and not much of note. The time just wasn't there and they had to rush to get in what they got. I don't really think the result really mattered either way here as neither girl is very high up on the pecking order, though Wren and Kendal's partnership is working.
There was a Luca Crusifino ad that said you can catch him on Tuesdays on NXT at 8PM. Luca has been fired for a while now so that is very out of date.
Saquon Shugars vs. Dion Lennox
SS has a new goofy entrance song that says "I wanna see Saquon". SS comes to the ring with a bat and leaves it next to the post.
Dion drops him with a punch. SS hits chops and clubs him. They bang each other's heads off the buckles. SS hits chops and Dion hits him in the gut. SS still has his jacket on. He hits mounted shots on Dion then running lariats him. SS hits him with his jacket then low dropkicks him.
Dion punches him in the knee and facekicks him. SS facekicks him for 1. Dion back body drops SS. Dion backbreakers SS for 2. SS swinging neckbreakers him for 1. SS kicks Dion in the head and jaw. SS says he's soft. They butt heads. SS rude awakening's him. Cutler James and Osiris Griffin come down.
Dion pulls SS's neck down over the top rope. Dion uranage's SS in the ring. Dion splashes SS's back for 2. We go to PiP break and return. SS rolls up Dion for 2. SS cradles Dion for 2. SS backrolls him for 2 then is spinebustered for 2. Dion pulls back on SS' legs. SS upkicks him and pushes him out. SS suplexes him then basement dropkicks him. SS facekicks and knees Dion in the gut. SS boots Dion in the corner. SS back body drops Dion.
SS backbreakers him into a blade runner for 2. Dion is up top and SS enzugiri's him for 2. SS slingshot legdrops him for 2. SS goes up top and is crotched. Dion backdrops him on the top rope connector and SS bounces down hard to the floor. Dion emerald flowsion's him for 2 in the ring.
Dion hits a hard running lariat. Dion lariats him down for 2. SS facekicks him and enzugiri's him. I think they botch a spot. SS blind splashes him off the top and wins.
Thoughts: It was just average. It got a lot of time but neither guy is really over and SS is not really suited to be a singles face like this at the moment. The finish was also definitely a bit rushed. I thought this could have used a bit more excitement.
Dark State jump SS after. OG and Cutler double pop-up twisting powerbomb him. Dion hits SS in the gut and back with his baseball bat.
Tatum Paxley is interviewed. She says when she won the title, it was the first time she did it for herself. She says she feels empty and sad without it. Kelani Jordan comes in. She says she had many opportunities and choked. KJ says she has been here for 3 years and never got a title shot at the North American Title. She says TP always finds a way to make herself the victim and says it's pathetic. TP punches her and security breaks it up.
NXT North American Title - Myles Borne (c) vs. Tavion Heights
They slap hands and lock up. They grapple and roll on the ropes. They grapple more and the ref breaks them up. Tav double leg takedowns him. MB backslides him. Tav and MB bang heads. MB dropkicks him over the top. They go out and butt heads. We go to PiP break and return.
Tav forearms him down. Tav drops him chest first on the top rope and flying lariats him for 2. Tav rolls him and drops him chest first on the mat. Tav karelin's lifts him for 2. Tay does a camel clutch variation. Tav sleepers him.
Tav capture suplexes him for 2. Tav armlocks him and throws him shoulder first into the buckles. Tav armbars him. MB northern lights suplexes him for 2. Tav double throat thrusts him. Tav then dumps him over the top rope.
MB elbows him in the gut. Tav backrolls him into a backdrop for 2. We go to PiP break and return. MB hits lariats then dropkicks him. MB final cuts him for 2. MB lariats him over the top. Tav overhead belly to belly suplexes him on the floor.
Tav electric chair drops him. Tav top rope splashes him for 2. MB germans him. MB misses a dropkick. Tav goes for an F-5 type of move and MB hits a zig zag and pins him,.
Thoughts: The work was fine but it didn't get over as much as it was supposed to. The ending could have been a little better here and the crowd could have been a lot better. They did a lot of amateur wrestling stuff here as expected. Tav loses again and it's unclear where he's headed.
Tav looks disappointed after.
Myles Borne is interviewed. He says he feels uncomfortable. He says him and Tav pushed each other to become the best version of themselves. He says Tav pushed him to become a better champ. He says Tav will get a title but it's not tonight. He says this is the most important title he had. He says he will hold this title for a long time.
NXT Heatwave and AAA will have shows back to back on Sunday, August 30th in Texas. This is no mistake as it will air against AEW All In.
Owens, Howard and LaGreca talk. They argue about who will win the women's title match and discuss other results. Hank and Tank invade and they are wearing cooking outfits. Hank hypes up the show. Keanu Carver interrupts as they talk about EK Prosper. Security tries to separate them. Keanu throws a guard into the others and Hank is knocked off the stage onto a table.
NXT Women's Title - Lola Vice (c) vs Kendal Grey
Lola's mom is in the front row.
They lock up and go for takedowns. KG takes her down then Lola takes her down. Lola goes for an armbar and KG gets her back. KG bck elbows her. Lola hip throws her for 2. Lola hits kicks to the gut. KG takes her down for 1.
KG kips up and is kicked in the chin. Lola hits body shots in the corners. Lola seated springboard armdrags herthen hits more armdrags. KG side headlocks her. KG side headlock takeovers her.
Lola pulls KG out. KG euros her outside. Kelani Jordan runs down, Wren Sinclair follows her and they fight to the back. Lola spin kicks KG off the apron then seated la silla's her from the apron.
We go to PiP break and return. Lola hits chest kicks and spin kicks KG in the body. Lola hits a leg kick combo and drops her with a spin kick to the gut. Lola corner hip attacks her then backdrops her. KG fires up and germans her. KG exploders her.
Lola germans her then KG germans her back. Lola germans her again. They trade shots. KG superkicks her. KG springboards and Lola spin kicks her in the gut. Lola la sillas her off the apron but KG rolls and ankle locks her outside.
KG dives off the rail and flatiners her...but she basically just slams herself off the rail while doing it. KG ankle locks her in the ring. Lola reverses it and ankle locks her. KG armbars her. Lol grounded sleepers her, KG rolls through and grounded sleepers her.
KG knees her out of the corner and misses a twisting double jump moonsault. Lola high kicks her for 2. Lola grounded guillotines her. KG northern lights suplexes her. Lola triangles her. Lola urakens and KG spinning back elbows her for 2. They trade shots.
Lola spin kicks her. KG 2nd rope twisting diving flatliners her and pins her.
Thoughts: I was a little surprised to see KG win as Lola was being used on AAA recently. Kendal's stock is high though. She's definitely going to be using this reign to grow while Lola's reign was more of a reward. The match was fine. They did some amateur wrestling to start and traded a bunch of strikes here. The crowd was actually into this one which helped things out. I don't love Ken's diving flatliners though as she is basically slamming herself from the 2nd rope each time.
Wren comes in and celebrates with KG after.
Overall thoughts: This was on TV as opposed to being a PLE, so we got a lot of ads here. I didn't exactly mind the breaks after having to cover a TNA PLE beforehand but it definitely affected the matches. It also meant they were more pressed for time than they usually would be. Tony/Naraku was fine. I liked Zaria/Tatum but there were a lot of selling issues and it was a flawed match. I didn't like Hill/Angels much. Wren/Grace didn't really need to be on here. They gave Shugars/Dion the time but neither guy is really over enough right now to pull off what they were going for and it ended up being average. Borne/Tavion was fine but the crowd wasn't too strong for it. The main was also fine and Kendal Grey racked up yet another big win as she won the NXT Women's Title.
I'd give this a 5 out of 10. It would have been better on a platform like Peacock or Youtube where they would have had more time to work with and less breaks. There was nothing must see here. I'd say the main was the best match of the night and I'm sure it will be historically important as Kendal is going to be a top girl someday. This was average overall.
TNA Slammiversary 2026 6/28/2026
Note - This was supposed to be at 8PM, but AEW decided to run Forbidden Door against it. TNA moved the show to 4pm.
We are in Boston, MA. Tom Hannifan and Matt Rehwoldt are on commentary.
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Pre-Show:
Mara Sade vs Indi Hartwell vs Elayna Black
EB takes shots from both opponents. Mara dropkicks MS. EB rolls up Mara for 2. EB is double booted over. Indi rolls up Mara for 2 then Mara backslides her for 2. Indi cradles her for 2. Indi low lariats her then euros her. Mara 2nd rope twisting crossbodies Indi for 2. Mara slingblades Indi.
Indi swinging neckbreakers Mara and EB breaks the pin attempt up. EB step up knees Mara and Indi in the corners. EB springboard double stomps Mara's back. EB boots Indi in the gut then springboard double stomps her back for 2.
Indi hits shots on EB. Indi spinebusers her for 2. MS headbusters Indi. Mara sitout powerbombs EB. Indi facekicks EB off the apron. Mara slingshot plancha's outside. Mara top rope moonsaults Indi. EB double underhook ddt's Mara and pins her.
Thoughts: EB has been losing a lot lately and I was a bit surprised to see her win. She mostly got picked on here by the other two. It was average but everyone hit their spots clean and it went better than expected.
Traci Brooks comes out. She says the TNA Knockouts have changed the landscape of wrestling and started the women's revolution. She says it's time to make history again. She says there will be a 16-woman tournament to crown the first ever Knockouts Television champ. They then have a ref come out and hold up the belt. Tracy says this title will be defended exclusively on TV. She says the Knockouts have a chance to prove they are the best women's division in wrestling.
Thoughts: I don't like this idea. The Knockouts Division is weak right now and one of TNA's problems is having too many titles.
Mustafa Ali comes out and asks Daria Rae who his opponent is tonight. Santino Marella comes out and says he was looking for an opponent for Ali too. Santino tells Daria she doesn't tell him what to do. Santino says since they both have opponents, it should be a 3-way match. Santino says Ali won't find out his opponents until later.
Eric Young vs Ricky Sosa
They lock up. EY snapmares him and slaps him in the back of the head. RS hits punches and boots him. RS chops EY. RS springboard dropkicks him. RS suicide dives him outside. They fight on the buckles. EY 2nd rope AA's him for 2. RS jumps up top and hurricanrana's him down. RS running euros him in the corner.
RS corkscrew kicks him then top rope moonsaults him for 2. EY neckbreakers him and top rope elbow drops him for 2. EY misses a top rope moonsault. RS northern lights suplexes him. RS michinoku drivers him for 2.
RS pop up blue thunders EY and pins him.
Thoughts: There was a lot of flying here and RS won as expected. They had some sloppy moments early on but it got better.
We get a ten bell salute to Joe Doering, who passed away this week. Cody Deaner then talks about him and says they are dedicating the show to him.
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Main Show:
TNA X-Division Title - Ultimate X - Cedric Alexander (c) vs. Leon Slater vs. Frankie Kazarian vs. Mr. Elegance vs. Fabian Aichner vs. KC Navarro vs. Amazing Red
All the men fight. Leon slingshot plancha's Ced. KC bangs Red's head off the buckles. KC's slingshot plancha is caught. Fab walks up the buckles and plancha's them outside. Kaz climbs the wires. Red spin kicks Kaz in the gut. Red flying shoulders Kaz then tornillo's through through ropes onto multiple people.
Red sunset flips Ced and Ced michinoku drivers Red. Ced is crotched up top by KC. Leon facekicks Ced there. Leon rewind kicks KC. KC hits his 305 kick on Leon. KC climbs the cables. Leon swings him down, catches him and is hurricanrana'd. Leon blocks the 305 kick. Leon facekicks him on the apron.
Leon throws KC onto Fab into a ddt on the floor. Mr spears Leon outside. Mr lawndarts KC into the pole. Mr is pushed into the pole and slides down to the floor. 4 men climb the wires. Ced is knocked down and swings Fab down on his back. Kaz and Red drop down. Kaz legsweeps him and lifting flatliners him.
Mr clibs the cables and does his dance as he hangs. KC pulls Mr down and superkicks him. KC shiranui's Mr. KC and Red slap hands then fight. Red spinning ddt's him. Red then hits a code red on KC. Red code red's Kaz. Red is up top and Leon flying kicks him. Red hits a botched 2nd rope code red on Leon.
Ced release suplexes Red onto the apron. Ced and Kaz trade shots. Ced goes into the post shoulder first then Kaz moves. Kaz springboards up to the cables. Fab springboard crossbodies him down.
4 men get on the buckles. 3 people are in electric chairs. Leon hits a top rope double electric chair blockbuster (one of the electric chairs was broken up before it). Leon and Red climb the cables and go for the belt. They each pull on it. Leon has it but Ced runs up to him and takes it. Ced wins as he touches the mat first with it.
Thoughts: It was an entertaining bout. They didn't get too crazy and Leon did not even think about the swanton 450 off the pole this time around. It didn't get a ton of time but it did what was it was supposed to. I liked it.
Leon and Red fist bump after. Kaz gets on the mic. He says real recognizes real and says it's amazing that he competed in Ultimate X tonight. He says no one has influenced the locker room more than him and says he has his respect forever.
We get a video on Amazing Red. They say Amazing Red will be inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame at Bound for Glory. Mike Santana comes out and we get a "Thank you, Red" chant.
AJ Francis vs. Elijah
If Elijah loses, he loses the rights to his name, image, likeness and music catalog. A hypeman named Expressions does the intro for AJ. AJ has fake money fall from the ceiling for him. Eli tries to do his usual intro and Expressions says to cut it as AJ owns it. Eli says he feels like he's in the worst episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
Eli flying knees AJ for 2 to start. AJ's face is banged off the apron edge. Eli flying knees him as he hangs over the apron. Back in the ring. Expressions trips Eli on the apron and AJ forearms Eli off the apron. AJ tease a dive but then taunts the crowd. ELi springboard flying forearms AJ.
Eli goes for the rope walk and Expressions interrupts. AJ goes for a styles clash. AJ pop-up forearms Eli. Eli is choked on the ropes by AJ and Expressions. AJ hits tennessee whiskey on him. Eli alabama slams him.
Eli hits shots on AJ in the corner. AJ blocks an up and over. Eli stunners him for 2. Eli springboards and is speared in mid-air for 2. Eli rope walks. AJ alabama slams him. AJ 2nd rope moonsaults him for 2.
Eli hits punches on AJ on the buckles. Eli tombstones him for 2. Expressions gets in and tries to bribe Eli with AJ's fake money. ELi threatens Expressions and hits him with a guitar. AJ rolls up ELi from behind for 2 then deadlift powerbombs him. AJ holds on for a styles clash for 2.
Eli rope walk diving canadian destroyers AJ for the win.
Thoughts: I liked it. I thought AJ had a chance to win here as it would have made for a good long term storyline, but that's not what this promotion really does. AJ's 2nd rope moonsault was impressive and I would like to see Expressions again.
Eli pulls out a guitar with lights on it from a case.
Mike Santana is interviewed by Gia. Mike says the wrestling world has been buzzing. He says he has lived and bled for TNA and tonight is no different. He says he will give his heart and soul and hopes Nemeth knows who and what he is facing tonight.
TNA Knockouts Tag Titles - The Elegance Brand (Heather by Elegance and M by Elegance) (c) vs. Rosemary and Allie
The Personal Concierge does the intro for The Brand. He says only good thing about Boston is the highway heading out of it. The Brand has angel attire on.
M waistlocks Rose and Rose waistlock throws her. Rose armdrags her into an armlock and bites the fingers. Rose hits mounted forearms. Allie is slammed onto M. Heather comes in. Allie side headlocks her then shoulders her over a few times. Allie knee lifts her. Allie sliding forearms Heather in the corner.
Allie and Rose do hanging reverse headscissors over he top rope. Ashe comes in to break it up even though she's not allowed in there. M boots Allie in the corner. M michinoku drivers her for 2.
M tilt-a-whirl drops Heather onto Allie for 2. Heather chinlocks Allie then throws her down backwards. M basement dropkicks Allie from behind for 2. Allie swinging neckbreakers M. Heather rolling sentons onto Allie then bridging ddt's her. Heather basement dropkicks Allie. M coast to cast dropkicks Allie for 2.
M boots Allie in the face. Allie screams at her. M knees her in the gut then they double clothesline each other. Rose comes in and hits lariats on Heather. She headbusters her then exploders her. Rose side slams Heather for 2.
Heather 2nd rope moonsaults Rose. M top rope moonsaults Rose for 2. Everyone hits a move and all 4 girls are down. Ash By Elegance pulls Rose out and hides behind George Iceman. Rose green mists George. M flying neckbreakers Rose. Heather top rope double stomps M's gut on accident. Heather takes a codebreaker into a reverse ddt. Rose pins Heather.
Thoughts: I liked it. It was a lot better than expected and M had her best showing yet. She did a bunch of flying here. The heels did what they were supposed to do and Rose had a good showing here as well. It was a good bout.
Santino Marella is on the phone in the back. Daria Rae comes up to him and complains about him getting involved in the Mustafa Ali match. Santino says they have a fantastic three way match that everyone will love. He says sometimes the best things happen by accident and she says he's an accident. He asks if she's saying he's the best.
TNA International Title - Mustafa Ali (c) vs Rich Swann vs Uhaa Nation
Ali has people holding tons of flags for his entrance. Uhaa Nation is Apollo Crews, making his first major post-WWE appearance.
UN gorilla press throws Ali to the floor. UN side headlocks RS then shoulders him over. UN dropkicks RS. RS is rolled up by Ali for 2. RS spinning ddt's Ali. UN lariats RS. UN and RS trade shots on the apron. RS diving headscissors Ali from the apron. UN apron moonsaults RS.
UN top rope splashes RS for 2. UN and RS trade and both crotch Ali up top. Ali 2nd rope styles clashes RS onto UN's back for 2. RS hits punches on Ali. RS spin kicks him in the gut. Ali blocks a handspring cutter and sitout powerbombs RS for 2.
UN powerbombs and sitout powerbombs Ali for 2. UN goes into the steps outside when RS moves. Ali ear claps RS. RS flying headscissors Ali off the apron. RS 2nd rope phoenix splashes UN outside. RS 450's UN off the buckles for 2.
UN germans both opponents. Ali rolls in and is german'd. RS is german'd into UN but UN catches him and germans him. Ali and RS trade shots. RS tornado ddt's Ali onto UN's back. RS top rope swantons Ali for 2. UN 2nd rope superplexes RS.
Tasha Steelz distracts UN and points at the stage. Agent Zero comes down. Ali topes UN from behind outside. Zero traps UN between the steps. Ali misses a 450 inside and RS rolls him up for 2. RS corkscrew kicks Ali. Ali backslides RS and bridge pins him to win.
Thoughts: Well, at least Uhaa didn't get pinned here. It was a juniors match with tons of flying. It went a little longer than it needed to but I was fine with it. I'm not shocked to see Uhaa join TNA. He will improve some matches for sure, but I wouldn't expect a lot else out of him.
No Surrender Match - Eddie Edwards vs Moose
The loser has to have their second throw the towel in to lose here.
Eddie and Alisha taunt the Boston Celtics' announcer at ringside. JDC is with Moose. Moose goes up to Uhaa Nation and says it's good to see him. Uhaa tells him to go handle business.
Eddie boots Moose on the apron as he enters. Moose apron edge powerbombs Eddie hard. Moose powerbombs Eddie into the post. Moose is back body dropped on the bottom of the steps. Moose running euros Eddie, uranage's him and sentons him. Moose lariats Eddie over the top rope.
Eddie baseball slides a table into Moose's face. Eddie stomps the table into Moose's ankle. Moose is sent into the post. Eddie hits chops on Moose then Moose chops back. Moose pump kicks him and is enzugiri'd. Moose headbutts him then Eddie lariats him. Eddie shining wizard's him.
Eddie grabs a chain and hits Moose's back with it. Eddie puts a chain around his knee. Moose powerbombs Eddie. Eddie blocks a spear. Eddie knee drops a chain into Moose's head. Eddie superkicks Moose.
Eddie zipties Moose to the ropes. Eddie hits Moose with kendo stick shots. JDC teases throwing in the towel but spits at Eddie. Moose's wife tries to throw the towel in but JDC stops her. Eddie grabs Moose's wife by the hair and throws her down. Eddie then pounds on JDC. Moose's son then comes down. Eddie throws Moose's son in the ring. Moose's son low blows Eddie.
Moose's wife slaps Alisha. Moose breaks out of the zipties and rolling spears Eddie. Moose hits another rolling spear. Moose wraps a chain around himself and rolling spears Eddie. Eddie's spitting up blood (not really, but you know). Alisha then throws the towel in and Moose wins.
Thoughts: It didn't quite get the time it should have but it never got boring. The spot with Moose's family was pretty wild and definitely helped take it to the next level. I liked it and I thought it was a good bout.
Moose wants to spear Alisha and Eddie anyway. JDC stunners Eddie. Moose then spears Alisha and Eddie hard into a table in the corner.
TNA Knockouts Title - Lei Ying Lee vs Xia Brookside
They butt heads and argue. Xia slaps her. Lee take her down and pounds on her. Lee back elbows her. Lee clubs on Xia and elbows her. Lee hair throws her. Lee buckshots over her, legsweeps her and pumping knees her. Lee dropkicks her.
Lee yells at her then germans her. Lee superkicks her. Lee diving spears Xia from the apron. Xia's head is banged off the apron. Lee knees her in the gut then superkicks her. Lee kicks the post when Xia moves. Xia sweeps Lee with a kick.
Xia bangs Lee's leg off the post and apron. Xia stomps the back of Lee's leg. Xia throws her backwards and wraps Lee's leg around the bottom rope. Xia basement dropkicks Lee's leg around the bottom rope. Xia legdrops Lee's leg then does a figure four variation on it.
Xia indian deathlocks her. Xia hits chest forearms and Lee tells her to come on. Lee hits headbutts on Xia. Xia hits chest kicks. Lee half-crabs her.
Lee high kicks her and hits a palm strike flurry. Lee spin kicks her and superkicks her down. Lee hits mounted corner punches. Lee fisherman suplexes her for 2. Xia chop blocks her and throws Lee into the buckles. Lee powerbombs Xia but Xia pulls the turnbuckle pad off in the process.
Lee goes up top, Xia runs the ropes and Lee goes face first into the exposed buckle. Xia impaler ddt's her and wins.
Thoughts: I would have liked the finish to have been a leg submission here since Xia worked it so much. It was a match and nothing too special. Xia kind of had to win this since they just turned her heel...but it's Xia. She's not that good and the matches are going to reflect that.
Mike Santana does a video on Konnan, who will be inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame.
TNA Tag Titles - Ladder Match - The System (Brian Myers and Bear Bronson) (c) vs. The Broken Hardys (Broken Matt and Brother Nero) vs. The Righteous (Vincent and Dutch) vs. The Great Hands (Jason Hotch and John Skyler)
The Hardy's grab a ladder as they enter and The Great Hands run into it. The Hardy's hit The System with the ladder. Matt neckbreakers Dutch in the ring. The Hardy's climb the ladder in the ring and get stopped.
Dutch knocks Jason out of the ring with a shot then spears Brian. Vince hits a shiranui on Bear. Dutch tope con hilos everyone outside. John 2nd rope green bay plunge's Vince onto the others outside.
Jason climbs the ladder and moonsaults outside. Brian is pounded on by The Hardy's in the corner. Jeff jumps off Matt and corner splashes Brian. Matt side effects Brian and Jeff splashes Brian off the buckles. The Hardy's set up ladders in the ring. Matt hits a twist of fate on Dutch. Matt and Vince fight on the ladders. Vince's head is banged off the ladder runs by Matt.
Matt is sent into the steps. Jeff is hit with the step by The Great Hands. The System attack The Great Hands. Jason is sent into the post. 2 double stacks of tables are sent up side by side. The System are pulled down off ladders. Brian is clotheslined with a ladder. Bear runs into the ladder, knocking The Hands down. Bear then sentons the ladder on top. Vince and Dutch bring out a Wicked Garden ladder with flowers and barbed wire on it.
Vince is uranage'd by Bear. Dutch slams Bear on the barbed wire ladder twice. Vince top rope swantons Bear onto the ladder. Bear is sandwiched in the ladder and has it slammed on him. Vince then struts on the ladder. Brian 2nd rope diving spears Vince. Dutch slams Brian on the ladder while Bear is stuck in it. Dutch and Vince climb the ladder. They are pushed off into the ropes.
Jason climbs a ladder. Matt takes a ladder diving neckbreaker and a samoan drop combo. Vince low flatliners Jason. Vince and Brian climb the ladder. Vince puts a flower in Brian's mouth. Brian knocks Vince off the ladder. Brian starts shaking and falls off the ladder.
Bear fire thunder drivers Vince on a ladder. Bear and Dutch climb a ladder and punch each other. The Hardy's push the ladder over and Dutch and Bear go through the double stacks of tables together. The Hardy's climb the ladder and get stopped. The Great Hands get stopped from climbing the ladder and both take twists of fate. John and Jason are put on a bridged ladder outside. Jeff climbs the wicked ladder and swantons both through a ladder. The Hardy's then climb the ladder and grab the belts to win.
Thoughts: It was a good match. The Hardy's won as expected but The Righteous really could have used the win instead (How many times have I said that by now?). It was similar to the other tag team ladder matches TNA has had with people falling off ladders onto tables and Jeff doing his swanton off a ladder. The Great Hands didn't get to do a lot here and Bear took most of the barbed wire spots.
TNA World Title - Mike Santana (c) vs Nic Nemeth
Mike comes through the concourse and crowd like usual.
They butt heads and shove each other. They slap each other and Mike shoves him. Mike shoulders him over. Nic rolls him for a pin. Mike ends up outside while Nic is inside. Nic rolls him up for 2. Mike throws Nic out and Nic ends up in the ring alone again. Nic is thrown out, comes back in and finds Mike. Mike pump kicks him. Mike tope con hilos Nic.
Mike chops him outside for a bit. Nic is sent into the rails. Ryan Nemeth gets in the ring and tells Mike to come fight. The ref gets between them and ejects Ryan. Ryan argues with the ref and Nic hits Mike with the Call Your Shot Trophy. Mike is busted open and Nic pounds on his head. Nic elbow drops Mike for 2 counts.
Nic bites Mike's cut. Nic sleepers him. Mike drops him backwards to break it. Mike hits punches and flying lariats him. Mike enzugiri's him. Mike backrolls into a cutter on Nick for 2. Mike death valley drivers Nic for 2. Nic superkicks him for 2.
Mike facekicks Nic. Nic 2nd rope tornado ddt's him. Nic zig zag's him for 2. Nic superkicks Mike. Mike spinning lariats him for 2. Nic superkicks Mike in the knee and face for 1. Mike fires up. Mike superkicks him. Mike goes for a spinning lariat but can't do it. Nic hits a zig zag and pins him.
Thoughts: This show had to end by 7PM so people could watch NXT after. This match only had about 20 minutes to work with until 7PM and it got cut short because of it. They tried but it didn't get enough time and there wasn't much of a story here. I didn't like Mike mostly losing clean but this is probably one of Mike's last matches here in TNA and that's why it happened. It was acceptable but nothing more.
Ryan Nemeth comes in the ring and sprays champagne as Nic holds the title.
Overall thoughts: It was a good show from TNA. I liked Ultimate X but it wasn't too wild. AJ/Elijah was fine. The Elegance Brand had a good showing vs Rosemary and Allie and the match was good. Ali's 3-way bout had Apollo Crews' debut and it was fine. Eddie/Moose was good with some shocking stuff at the end. Lee/Xia was nothing special. The ladder match was what you would expect and I thought it was good. They ran out of time for the main and had to end by 7PM due to NXT, so it got cut short. That match was acceptable. I'd give this an 8 out of 10. Almost everything was at least acceptable and we had a few pretty good bouts here. The show outperformed expectations and TNA really does have the format for these bigger shows down (Hardy's ladder match, another stip match plus the usual title matches). I enjoyed the show overall.
AAA on Fox 6/27/2026
Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/06/aaa-on-fox-6202026.html
We are in Merida, Mexico. Corey Graves, JBL and Rey Mysterio are on commentary.
We get a Perros del Mal video to open the show. They say heaven called them and hell liberated them. They say they don't follow orders, just instincts. They say God forgives but they don't.
We see various wrestlers arrive and hang out.
Psycho Clown comes out to talk. Clown says he's tired to come out here every week and pretend everything is okay when his life is crumbling piece by piece. He says he lost his brothers and his tag titles. He says Pagano turned his back on him. He says this all ends tonight. He tells Psycho Circus to come out, but Pagano is not included.
Psycho Clown asks Psycho Circus who attacked them from behind. Panic Clown didn't see it. Dave says he doesn't know either. Murder Clown says they all got attacked from behind. Psycho says all of them think it was Pagano who did it. Psycho tells Pagano to come out and show his face. Psycho says he's not coming out so they need to go after him.
The Psycho Circus head to the back. They say they are coming for Pagano and it will be an eye for an eye. They say he's down. They head into his dressing room. Pagano is down, bleeding and surrounded by chairs. Psycho says he doesn't want things to happen this way and asks him for forgiveness. Pagano forgives him. Psycho says whoever did this will pay. On the mirror, it says Psycho is next.
We get a video on the Copa Bardahl match from last year's Triplemania. The Copa Bardahl returns at this years Triplemania.
Galeno vs Mecha Wolf
They lock up and Gal pushes him down. MW hits punches. Gal hits corner lariats. MW hits chops on Gal and Fal flying shoulders him. Gal is sent over the top. MW's tope on him is caught and Gal forearms him down. Omos and Dorian Roldan get on the stage. Gal goes into the post. MW topes him from behind and MW bounces into the rails.
MW basement dropkicks him and chops him. Gal hits some punches. MW back elbows Gal out of the corner and facekicks him. MW dropicks him. Gal flying knees him from behind on the ropes for 2. Gal hits forearms. MW superkicks him. Gal pop up drops him then forearms him down. Gal sentons him.
Gal blue thunders him for 2. MW bottom rope ddt's Gal. Gal running lariats MW. Gal corner cannonballs him. Gal twisting double underhook drops him and pins him.
Thoughts: I was fine with this one. MW's tope where he just bounced off of Gal was wild. Gal had some nice lariats here and they heavily teased Galeno vs Omos here. MW has wrestled many places because you can put him in bouts like this and get a decent match out of it.
We see clips from last year's Verano de Escandalo with Laredo Kid and Octagon facing Berto and Angel in a tag title match. Berto and Angel won. That event returns in July.
Rey Mysterio Jr. is interviewed. He talks about Los Perros del Mal and says he was surprised to see them. He says they wanted their attention and got it. Rey says the deal is sealed for a former WWE World champ to appear next week. Rye also confirms that El Hijo del Vikingo will defend his title in NXT, that NXT and AAA stars will wrestle and that Lady Shadi will return next week to face Flammer. He also says there will be another Abismo Negro vs El Fiscal match.
WWE NXT Women's Title Match - Lola Vice (c) vs. La Hiedra
Hiedra forearms Lola from behind then michinoku drivers her for 2. Lola sunset flips her for 2. Hiedra slaps her then Lola slaps back. They forearm flurry each other and traded mounted forearms on the mat. Lola's head is banged off the commentary table then she is sent into the steps.
Hiedra misses a charge and goes into the steps. Lola hits punches to the gut. Lola chops her. Lola kicks her in the gut and Hiedra rolls her up for 2. Lola spin kicks her in the gut then hits chest kicks. Hiedra spinebusters her for 2.
Hiedra pulls her around by the hair. Hiedra kicks Lola in the leg and hits forearms. Hiedra pulls her hair then dropkicks her in the inner thighs for 2. Hiedra basement dropkicks Lola for 2. Hiedra grounded cobra twists Lola. Lola lariats her and they swinging facebuster each other down.
Lola hits spin kicks to Hiedra's body. She backdrops her. Lola la silla's her off the apron. Lola hits a leg kick combo on her. Lola hits corner hip attacks. Hiedra hits forearms and a stunner for 2.
Lola takes a casadora drop on her chest for 2. Lola rolls her up for 2. Lola urakens her, sending her out of the ring. Las Toxicas come down. Lady Maravilla beats up Lola and Flammer distracts the ref. Hiedra gets a 2 count on Lola.
La Catalina comes down and spears Maravilla hard. Flammer jumps off the steps and Cat forearms her. Lola sleepers Hiedra but Hiedra backrolls for 2. Lola urakens Hiedra and pins her.
Thoughts: Lola was obviously winning here as she has a title defense at The Bash. The match was fine. They showed a bit of aggression and kept things moving. It also didn't go super long.
Las Toxicas stomp on Catalina and Lola after. Lady Shani comes down to help out. Shani knocks the heels down and backcrackers Flam. She meteora's Hiedra from behind on the ropes.
Overall thoughts: We got another chapter in the Psycho Clown and Pagano story. Wolf/Galeno wasn't a bad match and Wolf had a wild tope where he bounced off Galeno into a rail. Lola/Hiedra was fine. It was more of a filler episode here and a lot of the stars were missing. The show was fine and I'd give it a 6 out of 10, but it was nothing must see.
MLW Fusion 6/27/2026
Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/06/mlw-fusion-6202026-episode-200.html
We are in Atlanta, GA. Joe Dombrowski and Tom Lawler are on commentary.
Joe Dombrowski talks about MLW's history.
Joe and Tom welcome us to the show.
Priscilla Kelly vs. Zamaya
Zam shove her down off the lock up then throws her off he waistlock. PK hits forearms and Zam slams her on a crossbody attempt. PK high kicks her from the apron and top rope crossbodies her for 2. PK dropkicks her then springboard basement dropkicks her. PK basement dropkicks her over the bottom rope.
PK kicks her off the apron and cannonballs her off the apron. Zam blocks a buzzsaw kick and lariats her down. Zam sitout double arm chokeslam bombs her and pins her.
Thoughts: I was surprised it didn't go longer. They definitely tried to put Zam over here and it did work. They had tons of camera cuts during this as this is a smaller venue and they didn't want you to see how small it is.
Rich Bocchini tries to interview Zamaya after. He says she should be feeling confident right now. Zam gets in his face and says nothing before leaving.
They talk about the CMLL and MLW relationship and say Fantastica Mania USA will be on Fusion soon.
Rich Bocchini interviews Austin Aries. Aries says Fantastica Mania wouldn't be fantastica without him. He says as long as he holds the MLW National Openweight Title, he will be on every show.
Aries says he will take his title around the world and make it the World Openweight Title. He says he is announcing an open challenge against anyone. Diego Hill comes in. He says he will challenge him to shut him up. Hill says let's do it right here and right now. Aries asks if he forgot what he did to Blue Panther. He says Mistico has been ducking him. He says Hill has talent and potential, but he's 2-3 years away from being ready to face him. He tells him to go think about his life decisions before he regrets it. Hill says there could be 2 options here - he says he could say he is right or he could use knocking him out right now. Hill then spin kicks him in the face.
They talk about LaBron Kozone being signed to MLW. We see him and Satoshi Kojima talking. Kojima says Stan Hansen taught him the lariat and he will teach LaBron it. Kojima shows him a tree and practices lariats on it. LaBron then hits lariats on it. We get some special effects and Kojima cheers him on as he lariats the tree.
Paul Hauser vs Bryce Cannon
Paul has dropped the "Walter" part of his name.
Paul gives him the up yours sign and BC taunts him. Paul side headlocks him then shoulders him over. BC jumps up and is atomic dropped. Paul superkicks him in the head then sentons him for 2. Paul hits chops in the corner.
BC step up enzugiri's him. Paul throws him down backwards by the hair. Paul fisherman suplexes him. Paul spinebusters him. Paul texas cloverleafs him and submits him.
Thoughts: It was a short squash and not much of note here. I'm not sure how much I buy Paul as a legit threat to anyone due to his look.
They talk about the upcoming MLW Southern Crown Title. They say there will be a match for the title next week.
We get a video on Don Gato and his tequila.
They do a video and say Bishop Dyer is in a contract dispute with MLW. Rich Bocchini says Dyer is playing hardball and is asking for new cars and for MLW to invest in his coffee business. Rich says this could end the title reign of him and Dijak. Rich says Court Bauer will make a decision on this next week.
They say there will be an MLW Fusion episode on July 4th. It has Karl Anderson vs Dijak, Teddy Long and they say a Southern Crown champ will be crowned next week.
MLW National Openweight Title Match - Austin Aries (c) vs. Diego Hill
AA spits on Hill. AA shoves him and rides his back. Hill armdrags him and rolls him on the mat. Hill dances in the ring when AA goes out. AA side headlocks Hill. AA shoulders him over then ear calps him. AA side headlock takeovers him. AA handstands out of a headscissors and low dropkicks him.
Hill side headlocks him then shoulders him over. Hill flips over him and dances. Hill dropkicks him and dances more. Hill goes for a dive but lands on his feet. AA goes for a low dive and Hill enzugiri's him as he goes for it. Hill goes for a springboard and is hit. AA boots him in the corner.
AA rakes his face with his feet. AA 2nd rope diving euros him in the back of the neck for 1. AA hits him in the gut then hits punches. They trade forearms. AA knees him in the gut and chops him. Hill spinning back elbows him then superkicks him over. Hill running kicks him in the corner and low dropkicks him in the corner.
Hill top rope diving elbow drops AA for 2. AA backdrops him. AA corner dropkicks him. Hill os cutters him for 2. Hill top rope 450's him for 2. Hill is pushed into the ref. AA hits Hill with the title belt from behind. AA brainbusters him on the title and pulls him up on the pin attempt. AA does his last chancery but lets go of Hill. Hill is out and AA brainbusters him. AA pins him by kneeling on him.
Thoughts: It was one of Hill's best bouts. He hit all of his stuff clean and came off looking good. It was a fun bout and AA put over that he was teaching him a lesson here. Aries really is a step above most wrestlers right now and it's a shame only MLW is using him.
AA stands on Hill after. He says let this be a lesson learned the hard way. AA says he's still the man. He says he can't get Mistico's attention and asks if he has it now.
CONTRA Unit hijacks the feed. They said Mads Krule Kruegger was given mission and purpose and he rejected it. They said he defied Contra and says Mads says he was done taking cash as a mercenary.
Alexander Hammerstone comes out before the main event and poses. He comes to the commentary table. He says he doesn't know why they waste air time promoting guys who are below him.
Trevor Lee vs. Matt Riddle
Matt waistlock takedowns him then Lee does the same. Matt rolling armbars him and Lee cradles him. Lee armbars him and Matt ropebreaks. Matt side headlock takeovers Lee. Lee headscissors him. Matt ducks a buzzsaw kick and they stand off.
Matt hits chest kicks in the corner. Lee armdrags him into an armlock. Lee atomic drops him and chest kicks him down twice. Matt bodyscissors takeovers Lee over the top. Matt PK's him from the apron. Matt then gets in Hammerstone's face.
We go to break and return. Matt forearms him then fisherman suplexes him for 2. Matt chops him in the corner. Matt suplexes him. Matt kicks him and chops him. Matt hits running forearms and exploders him. Matt PK's him and sentons him for 2. Matt armbars him.
Lee rolls up Matt for 2. Lee kicks him out of the corner. Matt knees him in the face. Lee standing spanish flies him as Matt runs at him. Lee lariats him over the top and PK's him from the apron. Matt pop up powerbombs Lee then pumping knees him for 2.
Lee high kicks him. Matt flips out of a german and pumping knees him. Matt goes up top and Lee top rope germans him down. Matt puts the ref in Lee's way. Matt then rolls up Lee with the trunks and pins him.
Thoughts: It was an okay bout. It was competitive and mostly action focused without a great story to it. Matt won as expected here.
Matt argues with Hammerstone outside after. Hammer shoves him and Matt knocks him out with a uraken.
Overall thoughts: Zamaya beat Priscilla Kelly quick. Hauser squashed Cannon. Aries/Hill was easily the match of the night. Hill had one of his best showings and they got the story over of Hill being a bit out of his league and Aries clowning him. Lee/Riddle was an okay main but nothing must see. We also had a fun segment with Kojima and Kazone lariating trees. There was no Contra Mercs unite segment as advertised on the graphic. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 as it was okay and they furthered some storylines here.
