NWA Powerrr 7/18/2026

NWA Powerrr 7/18/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/nwa-powerrr-7112026.html

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

We get a video on Silas Mason vs Kerry Morton.  

Sirena Veil vs Herra

SV I think has a newer dark entrance and it's pretty good. Herra also gets a nice entrance.

They lock up and let go. Herra slaps her and is superkicked. Herra knees her and drops her with a punch. SV's hand is stomped then Herra pounds on her with the hand trapped. Herra hits forearms. SV bites Herra's neck and blade runners her for the win.

Thoughts: I didn't like this. These girls both gave some limits, but this was over before it really got going. Herra's new and needs protected some and she was not protected here at all. Just put some random girl in a mask if you are going to do this kind of stuff...

We go to the NWA Training Seminar. Brandon McCord calls this a scam and a cash grab. He says it's meant to give them the idea they are learning something. He says if they had any value, the company would come to them instead of them crawling here. Brandon says you might not like what he says, but you can believe it. The Slimeballz say he sounds like a dork and Carson Drake makes fun of Brandon's shirt. Drake tells him to back up or The Slimez will make him tap.

The Slimeballz do a promo with Aron Stevens, Lockjaw and Buster. They say they are facing The Lost. Aron asks who the new guy is. Sage says they just brought him to the NWA. Aron says something tells him they've seen him before. Aron says he knows who he is as he is clearly Wrecking Ball Legursky. 

The McCord Collection (Alex Misery, Gilroy, Brandon McCord and Bonez) vs The Slimeballz (Sage Chantz and Tommy Rant), Buster and Lockjaw Drake

Sage offers Gil a handshake and spits in his hand. Gil boots him and side headlocks him. Gil is kneed in the gut, double clubbed on and double chopped down. Bonez comes in and shakes his head with Rant. Rant blocks a boot and bites Bonez's foot. 

Rant headbutts Bonez. Bonez dropkicks Sage from behind, into the ropes. Brandon gets in and punches Sage in the gut. Brandon punches him and delay germans him. Alex punches Sage and chops him. Alex misses a jump off of Gil's back and goes into the buckles. Buster comes in.

Buster double axe handles Gil's back on the top rope. Alex is caught in the air by Buster and thrown into the corner. Buster corner splashes him and whips him hard into the buckles. Buster hits corner splashes and lariats Alex. Buster headbutts Bonez in the back and pulls on his arms. Buster headbutts Bonez in the back of the neck.

Brandon comes in and Buster hits shots on him. Buster is pulled over the top rope. Buster trips Brandon and Bonez, pulling both out. Alex top rope cancun tornado's all of them. Gil hits forearms on Drake. Gil tries to jawbreaker Drake but knocks himself out doing it. Drake then pins him with a foot on the chest.

Thoughts: This was incredibly confusing when it didn't need to be. Gaagz The Gymp's new name is Gilroy...but they called him Gaagz at times here. Brandon McCord was also involved, but he always wears a hat and sunglasses, so it was hard to know it was him. The finish was amusing and something different. Alex's cancun tornado to the outside was nice. This was more of an entertainment based match but it did entertain and it was fine.  

Daisy Kill and Big Cuzzo are interviewed in the ring. Kyle Davis accuses Kill of teaming with bigger guys to beat up people he can't beat. Kill says his name with flair then does the same with Cuzzo's name. Kill says they are here for a good time. Kill says he turns giants into gods. He says Cuzzo is a god tonight. He says Eric Smalls and JAC are the sacrifice to Cuzzo. He tells us to sit and watch the show.

Big Cuzzo vs JAC

Jac side headlocks Big. They shoulderblock battle and chop each other. They then repeat the spot. Big double chops him and JAC shoulders him over. Jac corner splashes him. Jac knees Big in the gut and chops him. Jac basement dropkicks Big. 

Big gordbusters Jac, hits snake eyes and a pump kick for 2. Jac's head is banged off the buckles then his eyes are raked on the top rope. Big chokes him. Big corner splashes Jac. Jac forearms him and they botch a flying lariat/flying flatliner. Daisy Kill gets in the ring and says he will show Big how it's done. Eric Smalls then gets in the ring and punches Kill in the crotch. Jac exploders Kill and double underhook suplexes him. Jac 2nd rope elbow drops Kill. 

Big misses a corner splash and Jac jackhammers him to win.

Thoughts: We've seen Cuzzo a few times and this was the most we got to see of him. He does basic big man offense but it's fine. Jac was decent a match for him. I don't love Cuzzo and Kill losing though. The shenanigans at the end hurt this some and it was just average.

It's Me...The Carson Drake Experience

The Paige Sisters are interviewed. Ken says today they have their first title defense and it could be their toughest. Kylie says they are sisters and that will outshine anything. Drake brings up Kylie throwing out Ken in the gauntlet. The sisters argue and Drake eggs them on, saying Ken didn't defend against Kylie. They argue and Kylie leaves in anger.

NWA Women's Tag Titles - The Paige Sisters (Kenzie and Kylie Paige) (c) vs The Hex (Allysin Kay and Marti Belle)

The sisters offer a handshake and The Hex obliges. The sisters try to hit them and get dropped. The sisters are sent into each other. MB forearms and hip attacks both opponents in the corner. AK corner facekicks both opponents. 

MB boots Kylie in the corner then AK does the same. Kylie takes a running boot, a senton and a PK for 2. MB forearms Kylie and clubs on her. Kylie jawbreakers MB then they double facekick each other.

We go to break. Silas Mason does a promo. He says when you are on top, your friends show your true colors. Silas says Kerry has a cold heart and a yellow streak going up his back. He says Kerry will face dead ends and run into him at the end of the dead end. He says hate is the other side of love.

We return from break. Ken hit forearms and chops on AK. Ken headscissors her into a crossface. AK take a flying kick from behind then a flying kick from Kylie. Kylie is caught coming off the apron and is apron powerbombed. Ken hits forearms on MB. MB forearms her then AK backdrops Ken. Kylie code red's AK.

The four trade shots. MB is superkicked. AK lariats Ken down. MB's arm is banged over the top rope. Kylie powerbombs AK. Kylie dropkicks AK against the bottom rope and pins her.

Thoughts: It was acceptable not too much else. The Paige Sisters won as expected here. It was mostly all strikes. The break distracted a bit from the match.

Sirenva Veil and Paige Collett jump The Sisters after and beat them up. Tommy Henry comes in. Paige Collett sends him into SV's blade runner. 

Thoughts: We haven't seen Paige Collett here before and this was random.

NWA World Title - Special Ref: Alex Taylor - Silas Mason (c) vs Kerry Morton

We don't have much time remaining in the show here so something screwy will happen.

Kerry Morton does not come out for his entrance. Alex rings the bell. Alex starts the ten count and counts Kerry out as Kerry never showed up.

Thoughts: Classic NWA stuff right here. They promised a main event and didn't deliver. Why run this at the end of the show instead of somewhere else on it?

Silas gets on the mic and tells Kerry to come out. He says if Kerry wants to be part of history, he will have to be the man he says he is. He says he will go down like Scott Putski, Erik Watts and David Sammartino as a second rate son who couldn't handle their daddy's jock.

The Wrestling Machines of Slade and Mike Mondo come down and jump Silas. Alex helps fight them off. Aron Stevens gets on Silas' back and Bryan Idol punches Aron. The heels are all sent out. 

Thoughts: This was random and we will have to see what the reasoning for this will turn out to be.

Overall thoughts: Sirena Veil squashed Herra for unknown reasons. The 8-man tag was alright but a bit confusing. JAC/Cuzzo was average. The Paige Sisters had an acceptable match with The Hex. We never got the main event as Kerry Morton never showed up. We then had a bunch of random run in's after. As always, the wrestlers are decent but the booking will always add some twists to screw things up. We didn't even get the main event we were promised and that's no good. I'd give this a 4 out of 10 and would say this was below average. The NWA disappoints yet again... 

Stardom 7/18/2026 5★STAR GP 2026 Opening Round (Day 1)

Stardom 7/18/2026 5★STAR GP 2026 Opening Round (Day 1)

Pre-show:

AZM vs Fuwa-chan

They lock up and AZM side headlock takeovers her. Fuwa does a headscissors. Fuwa hits chest forearms and AZM basement dropkicks her. AZM PK's her from the apron. AZM kicks and boots her in the arm. Fuwa's head is banged off the buckles. Fuwa goes up and over, sunset flips her then dropkicks her. 

They trade chest shots. AZM suplexes her then Fuwa suplexes her back for 2. Fuwa top rope dropkicks AZM for 2. Fuwa dropkicks her. AZM spinning low enzugiri's her. AZM buzzsaw kicks her for 2. Fuwa trips her and AZM counters a la magistral for 2. Fuwa counters her pin attempt for 2. 

Fuwa hits chest forearms. Fuwa goes for the roll up but AZM armbars her. AZM ties up the other arm, pulls the arm back and hooks the head. AZM submits her.

Thoughts: It was average. Fuwa wanted to do more selling and basic wrestling and AZM wanted to do more fast paced stuff. The submission finish wasn't that well built to and Fuwa lost as expected.

Maki Itoh, Starlight Kid, Utami Hayashishita and Kiyoka Kotatsu vs Waka Tsukiyama, Matoi Hamabe, Ema Maishima and Rian

Rian and KK go at it. KK leg kicks her and spin kicks her in the gut. Rian stomps KK's foot. KK chest kicks her down. Rian takes running corner attacks. Itoh hits mounted corner shots on Rian. Maki boots Rian in the leg. Rian trips her and Itoh takes a double hip attack on the ropes. Rian basement dropkicks Itoh. Matoi comes in and does arm throws on Itoh.

Itoh ddt's Matoi. Kid comes in and basement dropkicks Matoi. Matoi running dropkicks Kid. Sayaka comes in and hits dropkicks on Kid. Kid comes in and trades chest forearms with Sayaka. Kid springboard twisting crossbodies Sayaka. Kid standing moonsaults Sayaka for 2. 

Utami running back elbows Sayaka then Sayaka flying headscissors her. Sayaka low dropkicks her. Utami takes a double dropkick and Sayaka slams Utami for 2. Sayaka flying knees Utami for 2. Sayaka slingblades Utami for 2. Utami germans Sayaka. 

Utami sliding lariats Sayaka for 2. Sayaka la magisrals her for 2. Itoh headbutts Sayaka and Sayaka takes a jumping double kick. Utami lariats Sayaka and pins her.

Thoughts: It was a shorter one and it was just a way to get everyone on the card. We barely even saw some of the girls in here and it was little but filler.

Main show:

We get a cool opening presentation where girls pose in front of a tron with their 5 Star GP Block name and get introduced. There's lasers, smoke and some cool music that feels out of a 1990's video game. It then goes black and moves onto the next girl.

Hanan, Maika, Saori Anou & Suzu Suzuki vs. HATE (Konami, Natsuko Tora, Rina & Saya Kamitani)

Tora and Maika start us off. Tora boots her and they shoulder battle. Tora crossbodies her. Tora sentons her for 2. Kon comes in and kicks Maika in the back. She goes for the armbar and Maika ropebreaks. Maika powerslams her then sliding lariats her. Suzu running back elbows Kon and running knees her in the corner. Anou top rope double dropkicks her opponents. Kon armbars Suzu and Anou breaks it up.

Saya springboard double crossbodies her opponents. Kon PK's Suzu for 2. Saya basement dropkicks Suzu for 2. Saya ducks Suzu's slaps and they taunt each other. Saya spinning heel kicks her then Suzu shoulders her over.

Han and Rina come in and trade forearms. Rina running dropkicks Han. Rina facekicks her over the 2nd rope. Maika lariats Rina. Han fameassers Rina for 2. Han takes running corner attacks. Saya northern lights suplexes Han and Rina 2nd rope double knee drops Han for 2. 

Rina and Han try pins on each other. Rina facekicks Han. Han cuty specials Rina for 2. Rina top rope dropkicks Han. Tora corner cannonballs Han. Rina top rope double knee drops Han for 2. Rina gori bombs Han and pins her.

Thoughts: It was similar to the earlier 8-man tag. We didn't see a lot of Saya, Anou, Tora or Waka here. People just kind of came in and out as they pleased and they kept this moving. It was acceptable but it was a waste of everyone.

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Red Stars Block A Match - Sayaka Kurara vs. Akira Kurogane

Akira running dropkicks her and hits chest forearms in the corner. Akira low dropkicks her and crossfaces her. Akira stomps on Saya and leg chokes her. Saya basement dropkicks her from behind and elbow drops her back. 

They trade chest forearms. Akira russian legsweeps her into a crossface. Akira dropkicks her through the ropes for 2. Saya 2nd rope twisting shoulderblocks her. Saya 2nd rope dropkicks her. Saya corner spears her for 2.

Akira cradles her for 2. Akira enzugiri's her and knees her in the face. Saya spears her. Akira no sells it and underhook suplexes her for 2. Saya hits another spear and pins her.

Thoughts: They had some good energy and fire here. I don't think it was anything great but it was an energetic battle and probably would have been a good opener if it was put in that spot. Saya won as expected. 

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Blue Stars Block B Match - Momo Watanabe vs. Yuna Mizumori

Momo leg kicks her. Yuna rams her in the corner and hits chest forearms. Yuna lariats her down from the apron. Momo meteora's her on the apron. Momo is sent into the seats. Yuna is sent into the post. 

Yuna chest forearms her and Momo forearms her down. Yuna springboard dropkicks her. Yuna corner lariats her then 2nd rope diving forearms her for 2. Yuna is seated on the mat and boots Momo in the face several times. Momo just takes it. Yuna chop blocks her, basement dropkicks her and sliding lariats her for 2.

Momo hits triple suplexes for 2. Momo hits a flurry of chest kicks. Momo PK's her for 2. Momo chest kicks her down. Yuna rolls her up for 2 then gets another 2 count on her. Momo high kicks her then Yuna lariats her for 2. Momo hits lariats on her. Momo b-drivers her for 2. 

Yuna overhead kicks her and b-drivers her for 2. Yuna sliding lariats her from behind for 2. Momo half nelson suplexes her and buzzsaw kicks her fo 2. Momo package tombstones her and pins her.

Thoughts: I liked it. It was a good match. There was definitely some king of story going on with them kicking each other and this was mostly all kicks. The two worked pretty well together, they hit each other hard and it got enough time.  

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Blue Stars Block B Match - Koguma vs. Kikyo Furusawa

KF hits running dropkicks and basement dropkicks her. Kog tries to do her taunt, KF teases going along with it then rolls her up for 2. Kog basement dropkicks her. Kog sits on her back and does her taunt on KF. 

Kog stands and stomps on KF's back. KF running dropkicks her twice. KF cartwheels into a headscissors on Kog then she ankle locks her. Kog ropebreaks. KF dropkicks Kog's leg against the ropes. KF does another ankle lock then Kog ddt's her. Kog is on the buckles and KF throws her down. KF does a weird dragon screw from behind with her head. KF ankle locks her.

KF suplexes her with her head under Kog's leg and the arm hooked. Kog cuttes her. Kog misses a splash off the ropes and KF cradles her for 2. KF tries another pin for 2. Kog claymore kicks her for 2. Kog hits a german and pins her.

Thoughts: KF worked the ankle here some and Kog eventually won out. KF had some interesting offense here. I thought it was just kind of average but at least Kog did try to sell. 

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Blue Stars Block A Match - Ruaka vs. Miyu Amasaki

Ruaka hits Miyu as she comes down the aisle and throws her in. Ruaka corner lariats her and shoulders her over. Ruaka sentons her for 2. Miyu hits chest forearms and ddt's her. Miyu flying knees her in the corner and basement dropkicks her for 2. Ruaka lariats her on the ropes then lariats her.

Ruaka fisherman suplexes her for 2. Ruaka misses a 2nd rope splash. Miyu pendulum ddt's her. Miyu wrist clutch ddt's her for 2. Ruaka back body drops her and hits Miyu in the head with a box. Ruaka running lariats her for 2. Ruaka straightjacket germans her and pins her.

Thoughts: It didn't get a lot of time and was nothing too special. Nothing particularly stood out here. 

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Red Stars Block B Match - Saya Iida vs. Azusa Inaba

AI side headlocks her. Saya wristlocks her. AI flips out of a snapmare. Saya shoulders her over. Rina trips Saya from the outside. AI foot chokes Saya on the ropes. AI kicks her in the back for 2. 

AI facekicks Saya. Saya forearms her and is facekicked down. Saya jumping double axe handles her and elbow drops her. AI ankle locks her. AI facekicks her on the ropes. Saya chops her down. AI chest kicks her and Saya chops her. Saya chops her down. AI spin kicks her and hits chest kicks. 

Saya double chops her down and low diving lariats her for 2. Saya top rope diving shoulderblocks AI for 2. AI front facelock suplexes her 3 times for 2. AI high kicks her then germans her for 2. Saya spinebusters her. AI pump kicks her for 2. Saya running lariats her then flying lariats her for the win.

Thoughts: It was average. Some of AI's weren't bad and Saya threw decent lariats but AI just didn't bring enough to this one to get it going anywhere.

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Red Stars Block B Match - Rina Yamashita vs. Mei Seira

Mei misses a dropkick to start. Rina shoulders her over. Rina armdrags her. Mei dropkicks her over the 2nd rope. Rina hair throws Mei. Rina corner lariats her for 2. Rina sharpshooters her and Mei ropebreaks. Rina running knees her from behind on the ropes. Rina facekicks her.

Mei chest forearms her several times. Mei is caught on a springboard and buckle bombed. Mei corner lariats her and top rope dropkicks her for 2. Mei its chest forearms. Rina lariats her on the ropes. Mei is on the 2nd rope and Rina suplexes her down. 

Mei slams Rina. They trade chest forearms and Rina forearms her down. Mei kips up and forearms her down. Rina tries to kip up but can't. Rina rolls her up for 2. Mei dropkicks her for 2. Mei running dropkicks her for 2. Rina lariats her for 2. Mei rolls her up and pins her.

Thoughts: The finish wasn't the best but I liked it otherwise. It was a spirited fight. Mei did a lot more striking than usual and it was nice to see her get to go toe to toe with Rina. It was mostly all forearms and people firing up here and that makes for good stuff. I thought this was good.

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Red Stars Block A Match - Itsuki Aoki vs. Tomoka Inaba

They lock up. Aoki wristlocks her and TI reverses it. Aoki side headlock takeovers her and is put in a headscissors. Aoki side headlocks her again and shoulders her over. Aoki is tripped into the ropes and kicked. TI then facekicks her there. TI kicks her in the back then elbows her arm.

TI bangs the arm off the mat. TI wristlocks her and knees her in the arm. Aoki hits chest forearms. TI chest kicks her then Aoki chest forearms her. TI drops her with an arm kick. Aoki running back elbows her in the corner then corner meteora's her. Aoki 2nd rope splashes her.

TI rolls her into a rings of saturn. TI step up knees her in the corner then spin kicks her in the shoulder. Aoki air raid crashes her. TI armbars her. Aoki germans her. TI high kicks her for 2. Aoki lariats her and rebound germans her. Aoki running lariats her for 2. Aoki air raid crashes her for the win.

Thoughts: It was alright. TI targeted the arm. Aoki was able to fight through and pick up the victory. It was a little better than I expected but it still had room to maybe be even better here.

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Blue Stars Block A Match - Aya Sakura vs. HANAKO

Hana misses a face kick and is high kicked. Aya triangles her and Hana tries to powerbomb her out of it. Aya keeps the hold on and Hana shoulders her over. Hana is pulled over the top and Aya crossbodies her off the apron. 

Aya 2nd rope dropkicks her then Hana lariats her. Hana slams her twice for 1 counts. Hana splashes her for 2. Hana crabs her and Aya ropebreaks. Aya hits chest forearms and Hana forearms her down. Hana hits more forearms. Aya rolls her into an ankle lock. Hana ropebreaks.

Aya dropkicks the leg and stomps on it. Hana's head is banged off the buckles. Aya running knees her then 2nd rope dropkicks her for 2. Aya elbow drops her. Hana chest forearms her and Aya leg kicks her. They keep this going. Hana blocks a kick and lariats her down. Aya flying kicks her.

Aya samoan drops her. Hana misses a knee drop and is kicked in the head. Aya sits up top and is facekicked. Hana 2nd rope superplexes her. 

Hana running facekicks her for 2. Aya rolls her but Hana turns it into a pin attempt. Hana running lariats her. Aya germans her for 2. Hana puts her on her shoulder and suplexes her backwards. Aya spinning high kicks her and step up enzugiri's her. Aya high kicks her and double wrist clutch germans her for the pin.

Thoughts: I thought it was an okay bout here. Aya did a bunch of submissions and kicks to the bigger Hana. Hana used a bit more power against her. It made sense logic wise and Aya was a decent underdog here. I liked this.

They grab each other by the hair after and Hana pounds on her.

Artist Of Stardom Title Match - God's Eye (Ami Sourei, Hina & Lady C) (c) vs. Triangle Of Madness (Julia Hart, Skye Blue & Thekla)

Hina's team is hit before the out while huddling together. Hina's team is thrown out and Tehk double stomps Hina's back from the apron. Thek's team hits stereo chops on their opponents outside. Hina's team is sent into the seats. 

SB cartwheel forearms Hina. SB superkicks Hina in the face for 2. Hart ropewalks and pulls Hina's arm down over the top. Hina then takes a running Thek knee to the head. SB boots Hina in the head. Hina hits body shots on SB then low dropkicks her.

SB knees Hina in the head and pumping knees her for 2. Hina is put in the tarantula and gets dropkicked while there. Hina hip throws Thek. C comes in and running knees Hart. C does a grounded cobra twist to her. C and Ami hit stereo corner attacks then C double flying lariats the heels. 

Hart corner lariats C then back elbows her. Hart STO's C for 2. Thek slaps C down then superkicks her in the face. C drops Thek face and chest first on the mat. Ami tags in and corner splashes Thek. Ami shoulders Thek over for 2.

Ami's team puts triple submissions on the heels. Ami splashes Thek in reverse tree of woe and sliding lariats her for 2. Thek christo's Ami then Sky and Hart do the same to the other two. Thek headkicks Ami then top rope crossbodies her for 2. Thek does a rings of saturn to Ami and fish hooks her. Hina and C break it up.

Ami takes a double superkick. Thek spears Ami for 2. Thek spin kicks Ami in the gut. C facekicks Thek. Thek takes a backdrop + neckbreaker combo. Ami suplexes Thek for 2. Everyone hits a move one after the other. Ami lariats Thek down then blue thunders her for 2. Thek gets a bridge pin on Ami for 2. 

Thek forearms Ami down. Thek takes a 3 person 3D. Ami land slides Thek for 2 when the ref is pulled out. C and Hina get hit with title belts from SB and Hart. Hart mists Ami and SB hits a code blue on Ami. Thek curbstomps Ami and pins her.

Thoughts: Thek's team winning wasn't too surprising. They weren't all coming here for nothing. It was acceptable. The heels did their thing and the faces made some comebacks before going down.

Thek talks on the mic after. She calls Stardom's president Okada a p*ssy. She says Stardom and Japan fired her and banished her and will now beg her to stay.

IWGP Women's Title Match - Syuri (c) vs. Natsupoi

They shake hands. Syu turns her back and is german'd. Poi armbars her. Poi germans Syu on the apron. Poi is up top, Syu slaps her and throws her down on the apron. Syu bridging ddt's her on the floor. 

Syu bangs Poi's head off the buckles then running knees her in the gut. Syu running knees her in the head for 2. Syu kicks her in the back for 2. Syu underhook suplexes her for 2. Syu running knees her through the ropes. Poi dragon screws her from the apron.

Poi casadora bulldogs her on the floor. Poi top rope crossbodies Syu outside. Poi dropkicks her through the ropes inside. Poi top rope crossbodies her for 2. Poi kicks her in the arm then knees her in it. 

They trade kicks and Syu armbars her. Poi ropebreaks. Syu kicks her in the back and PK's her for 2. They german suplex each other. Poi roundhouse kicks her and superkicks her. Syu pumping knees her. They are on their knees and Poi headbutts her. Syu dropkicks her and backcrackers her. 

Syu is up top and Poi 2nd rope germans her down. Poi tries a cartwheel splash off the top and Syu gets her knees up. Poi is on the 2nd rope and Syu splashes her. Syu 2nd rope kimura suplexes her down. Syu armbars her with a triangle and Poi ropebreaks. Syu bridging ddt's her for 2. 

Poi hits chest forearms on Syu. Syu forearms her down. Poi hits more and is facekicked down. They trade forearms on their knees. Syu hits knees to the gut then knees her in the head. Poi hits slaps and fires up. Poi spin kicks her, superkicks her, spinning high kicks her and germans her. Poi cartwheel splashes her off the top twice for 2.

Poi ranhei's her for 2. Syu sto's her and flying knees her for 2. Syu fireman's carry gutbusters her for 2. Poi rolls up Syu for 2. Poi rolls up Syu for another 2 count. Poi hits a made in Japan on Syu for a 2 (it should have been a three though as Syu kicked out late). Syu high kicks her. Syu emerald flowsions her for 2. Syu buzzsaw kicks her for 2. Syu headbutts her then electric chair death valley drivers her for the pin.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time. There wasn't a lot of story aside from Poi being a little bit of the underdog and selling. There was a lot of hard shots and both took some stiff moves here. It was alright enough as the main but not the classic they envisioned. I do think it's kind of odd they had these two in a regular title match when this show was all about the GP though.

They hug after. Syu talks on the mic as Poi leaves. Syu poses with her winner's trophy.

Overall thoughts: It was a longer show as most Stardom PPV's are. Fuwa/AZM was average. Starlight Kid's tag was filler but Hanan's tag was acceptable. I liked Kurara/Akira. Momo/Yuna was good. Koguma/Kikyo was average. Ruaka/Miyu was nothing special. Saya/Inaba was average. Rina/Mei was good. Aoki/Inaba was alright. Aya/Hanako was okay. The trios tag title match was acceptable. The main was okay. I'd give it a 7 out of 10 as we had some good matches here and like with AEW PPV's, there was so much on here that you would find something you liked at some point. It was a good show overall.

New Japan Pro Wrestling 7/18/2026 G1 Climax 36 Day 2

New Japan Pro Wrestling 7/18/2026 G1 Climax 36 Day 2

 

Hiroyoshi Tenzan comes out and talks. He thanks everyone for coming. He says on 8/15, he wants to face Satoshi Kojima in a retirement match. 

Aaron Wolf and Tatsuya Matsumoto vs Toru Yano and Taisei Nakahara

Wolf backs up Yano on the ropes and clean breaks him. Yano ducks a lock up and takes off turnbuckle pads. Wolf goes into the exposed buckle when Yano moves. Wolf shoulders him over then corner lariats him and suplexes him. Wolf elbow drops him for 2.

Tat comes in and hits forearms on Yano. Tat flying euros Yano for 2. Yano pulls him down by the hair. Tai comes in and running back elbows him. Tai running forearms him down. Tai slams Tat for 2. Tai crabs Tat and Tat ropebreaks. Tai stomps on Tat.

Tai hits forearms and Tat dropkicks him. Wolf stomps on Tai and Yano knees Wolf in the back. Tai dropkicks Wolf and rolls him up for 2. Tai hits forearms. Tai forearms and hits chops on Wolf. Wolf powerslams him. Wolf crabs him and taps him out quick. Wolf's team wins.

Thoughts: It was a short waste of time and provided little of value here. No one botched anything but this ended before it even really got going.

United Empire (Callum Newman and Zane Jay) vs House of Torture (Ren Narita and Dick Togo)

Newman has a shirt on here.

Newman does some basic holds on Togo. Newman chinlocks him. Togo knees him in the back and side headlocks him. Newman wristlocks him and Togo trips him. Newman grounded sleepers him. Togo eye pokes Newman. Ren sends Newman into the post then kicks the rail into his arm. 

Togo elbows Newman's arm and stomps it. Ren 2nd rope double axe handles Newman's arm. Newman is sent shoulder first into the buckles. Togo boots the arm. Newman hits forearms on Ren and Ren eye rakes him. Newman spin kicks him then running facekicks him.

Zane top rope diving elbows Ren in the head. Zane hiptosses Ren into an armbar. Zane fallaway slam Ren for 2. Togo chokes Zane with a weapon. Newman breaks it up with a superkick. Newman forearms Ren. Zane eye rakes Ren. Ren pop up low blows him then Zane takes a magic killer. Ren pins Zane.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. HoT did their usual cheating. Newman got his shoulder worked on and Zane was just kind of there.

TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. and Hartley Jackson) vs Yuya Uemura and Masatora Yasuda

Masa and Hart go at it. Masa dropkicks him and hits forearms. Hart blocks Masa's slam and shoulders him over. Zack backbreakers Masa. Hart chops Masa down. Masa is double shoulderblocked then TMDK alternate holds on his limbs. Zack euros Masa then Masa dropkicks him. 

Yuya comes in and flying forearms Zack. Zack headbutts him in the gut. Yuya goes up and over then armdrags and dropkicks Zack. Yuya corner chops Zack then underhook suplexes him for 2. Zack and Yuya go for armbars. Zack ankle locks him then Yuya armbars him. Zack is in the triangle and bridges into a pin attempt.

Zack facekicks Yuya and Yuya armdrags him. Zack twists Yuya's head with his feet. Hart corner splashes Yuya. Yuya shoulder throws him and bangs his arm off the mat. Masa running back elbows Hart. Hart blocks Masa's slam and lands on him. Hart lariats Masa down then sentons him.

Zack throws Yuya down by the arm and boots him in the face. Hart misses a corner charge. Masa slams Hart then crabs him. Hart lariats Masa over then death valley drivers him. Hart pins him.

Thoughts: It was alright. Yuya and Zack had some good exchanges here which helped this one out. I'm looking forward to seeing those two go at it tomorrow.

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - Gabe Kidd vs Drilla Moloney

Gabe says something about AEW on the mic before the match or not.

They go face to face and butt heads. Gabe shoves him. They slap each other. Gabe shoulders him over. DM drops him with a punch. They chop each other outside. Gabe bites DM's head and sends him into the seats. Gabe grabs the mic and says AEW is ichiban. They trade forearms and Gabe is chopped down. 

DM chops Gabe while he's seated in a chair. Gabe then does the same to him. DM slaps him around outside and drops him throat first on the rails. Gabe is then sent into and over the rails. Gabe throws a chair at DM's face. DM is busted open. Gabe bites the cut and sends him into the post. 

Gabe basement dropkicks him for 1. Gabe chops and headbutts DM. DM leg lariats him. DM pounds on Gabe in the corner and hits headbutts and stomps. They each punch each other in the face. Gabe is busted open. DM dropkicks him. Gabe drops him with punches. DM spears Gabe. Gabe germans DM. DM hits elbows on Gabe in the corner. DM spinning chops Gabe and Gabe lariats him down. Gabe brainbusters him for 2. Gabe hits another brainbuster for 2 then hits a third for a close 2.

DM is seated up top. They fight on the buckles and DM headbutts him down. DM top rope elbow drops him. DM pop up powerbombs Gabe. DM spears Gabe for 2. DM goes for a rebound lariat and gets speared by Gabe. DM backdrops Gabe. DM running knees him. DM single leg package piledrivers Gabe and hits an over the shoulder piledriver to pin Gabe.

Thoughts: I liked it. It was a good hard fight here. Both guys got busted open. They hit each other hard and their offense looked good. This went well and I think with some changes, these two could have a great one in them. This was good.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Great O'Khan vs SANADA

Khan forearms him and stomps him in the corner. Khan mongolian chops him and stomps his foot. San dropkicks Khan in the knee. San grabs Khan by the beard and hits him. San dropkicks him in the knee. Khan sends San into the rails outside. Khan chokes San with string.

Khan chairs San. Khan then trips San off San's mongolian chop attempt. San dropkicks Khan in the knee then dropkicks him. San takes off a turnbuckle pad. Khan is sent into the exposed buckles. San puts Khan in the paradise lock. San hits Khan in the butt with a turnbuckle pad for 2. 

San dropkicks Khan in the leg then dragon screws him around the 2nd rope. San misses a slingshot plancha outside. Khan brain claws San. San dragon sleepers Khan. San goes up on the buckles and Khan shoves the ref into the ropes, causing San to get crotched. 

San shining wizard Khan then does it from behind. San hits another shining wizard for 2. San top rope moonsaults. Khan bites San's fingers. San chairs him in the gut outside and magic screws him on the floor. San is tripped into a chair. Khan throws a chair in San's face. Khan TTD's San on a chair and beats the 20 count in. Khan wins and Sanada is counted out.

Thoughts: Somehow Gabe and Drilla were outside for like 10 minutes and didn't get counted out while San got counted out here. That didn't make any sense. Khan also threw chairs and stuff at Sanada but didn't get DQ'd. This could have been good if they just had a straight match but they had to have all the goofy heel tactics and it ruined it. It wasn't good and the finish was lousy.

Khan bangs San's head off a chair. Khan chairs a chair into San's head. 

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Konosuke Takeshita vs Jake Lee

Jake clean breaks KT. KT boots him and punches him. Jake ducks a flying lariat and pulls KT over the top. Jake PK's KT from the apron. Jake does a stupid clown dance in the ring. 

KT hits forearms and Jake knees him in the gut. KT flying lariats Jake. KT flying forearms Jake and exploders him. Jake boots KT outside. KT ddt's him. KT rubs a towel in Jake's face and pounds on him. They trade forearms. Jake knees him in the chest and hits two running knees to the gut. Jake backdrops KT for 2. KT one arm powerbombs Jake. Jake blocks a pumping knee and high kicks him down twice. Jake running knees him for 2. 

Jake chokeslams KT for 2. KT flying knees Jake then pumping knees him for 2. Jake brainbusters KT for 2. Jake guillotines KT. KT forearms Jake and flying knees him. KT falcon arrows him and pins him.

Thoughts: Jake did his usual awful screwing around early. When he got serious in the second half it got better but then it ended before they could turn this into something good.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Oleg Boltin vs Yuto-Ice

Ice facekicks him and they go to the mat. Ice leg kicks him and facekicks him. Oleg rams him into the corner. They forearm each other and Ice goes down. Ice boots him out of the corner and Oleg rams him into the corners. Oleg slams him down twice.

Oleg splashes him for 2. Oleg crabs him and Ice ropebreaks. Ice knees and chest kicks him. Ice hits forearms then kicks him in the gut. Ice kicks him in the back of the leg. Ice hits kicks and knees to the body. 

Ice leg kicks him then facekicks him. Ice running knees him in the head. Ice slaps him and gets forearmed. Oleg chops him down and bangs Ice's head off the buckle. 

Oleg basement dropkicks him in the head. Ice eye pokes him. Ice hits leg kicks. Ice hits forearms and slaps him. Ice high kicks him and forearms him down. Ice buzzsaw kicks him. Oleg running lariats him then running forearms him. Ice hits a slap flurry on him. Oleg spinning chops him down. 

Ice hits chest kicks. Oleg double chops him. Ice chest kicks him down. Oleg belly to belly suplexes him for 2. Ice kicks him from behind then flying pump kicks him from behind. Oleg finlay rolls him for 2. Ice hits slaps and Oleg blocks a punch. Oleg F-5's him. Oleg powerbombs him for 2. Oleg then picks him up and powerbombs him 3 more times. The ref then stops it and Oleg wins by ref stoppage.

Thoughts: Eh, I didn't love the finish. With all the stuff people kick out of in NJPW, a couple of powerbombs wasn't exactly lethal. The two spent the whole match hitting each other hard. There wasn't a lot of flow to it and it didn't really build to some big climax, but it was a fight. It was okay overall but it just didn't follow the typical match structure.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Shingo Takagi vs Ryohei Oiwa

This is probably Oiwa's highest featured match of the year.

They lock up and Oiwa double knuckle locks him. Oiwa armdrags him into an armlock. They shoulder battle and knock each other over. Oiwa armdrags him. Oiwa yanks on the arm and takes him down by it. 

Oiwa armlocks him. Oiwa shoulders him over and sentons him. Oiwa armdrags him into an armlock. Shingo hits punches and chops. Shingo sentons him. Shingo ddt's him. They fight on the buckles. Shingo superplexes him down then hits a twist and shout for 2. 

Oiwa backdrops him for 2. Oiwa slams him then top rope splashes him for 2. Oiwa works the arm then germans him. Shingo does an AT lock. Shingo then yanks on the arm from the armbar position. 

Shingo shoulders him in the arm. Shingo mongolian chops him and chops him in the back of the neck. Oiwa spinning lariats him and Shingo lariats him. Oiwa hits mongolian chops and Shingo lariats him.

They lariat each other at the same time. Shingo backdrops him then lariats him down hard. Shingo hits a made in Japan for 2. Shingo hits forearms and chops. Oiwa hits a chaos theory german on Shingo for 2. Oiwa armlocks him. Oiwa doctor bomb's him for 2. 

Oiwa goes for a spinning lariat and Shingo lariats him down. Oiwa armwringers him down. Oiwa chinlocks him. Shingo sliding forearms him. Shingo hits a nasty last of the dragon. Shingo running lariats him for 2. Shingo hits a burning dragon and pins him.

Thoughts: Oiwa didn't bring that much to this. He just kept going back to armlocks in late portions of the match when he needed to be hitting Shingo with his best stuff. Shingo had his foot on the gas but Oiwa was still working this one like it was an opening match. It's a shame as Shingo put out a good effort here but I would only say this was acceptable.

Shingo talks to Tenzan on commentary after. 

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Yota Tsuji vs Hirooki Goto

Goto clean breaks him to start then backs him up on the ropes. Yota chops him on the break. Yota side headlocks him. Yota shoulders him over then stomps him. Goto throws him down by the hair and kicks him in the back. Goto hits boots and forearms in the corner. Yota rams Goto's face into the mat then baseball slides him. 

Yota topes him outside. Yota forearms him then knees him in the gut for 2. Yota stomps and chops him. Goto chops back. Goto running lariats him. Goto spinning heel kicks him and backdrops him for 2. Yota flatliners him then deadlift germans him.

Yota corner splashes him. They lariat each other at the same time. Goto hits a reverse GTR. Yota hits his curbstomp combo on Goto. Yota crabs him. They trade forearms. Yota chops him down. Yota shotei's him then curbstomps him for 2. Yota runs at him and takes an ushigoroshi. Goto hits forearms and Yota falcon arrows him for 2. Yota flying pumping knees him in the corner. They forearm each other on the buckles. 

Goto 2nd rope sunset bombs him for 2. Goto chest kicks him then lariats him. Goto hits a GTW for 2. Yota forearms him and superkicks him. Yota headbutts him. Yota swinging sitout uranage's him for 2.

Goto blocks Yota's spear. Goto hits a shouten kai/nightmare pendulum. Goto headbutts him multiple times. Goto headchops him. Yota hits a big spear for 2. Yota runs at him and takes a spinning heel kick. Goto hits a GTR then a ripcord GTR. Goto pins him.

Thoughts: It was an okay main. Goto kept Yota from overdoing it, sold and slowed the match down some. Yota had to go with it and it turned out for the better. Like with Shingo earlier, Goto went deep into his moveset here and does stuff he doesn't normally do. Yota's offense looked fine. I liked it.

Goto talks on the mic after but they don't translate too much of what he said.

Overall thoughts: The first two matches were wastes of time. I liked the TMDK vs Yuya/Yasuda tag. Gabe/Drilla was the best match of the night and it was a good fight. Khan/Sanada wasn't good and neither was Takeshita/Jake. Oleg/Ice was okay. Shingo/Oiwa was acceptable. Yota/Goto was an okay main event. I'd give this a 5 out of 10. We had some bad stuff on this show and the good stuff wasn't good enough to really overcome it. This was average.

WWE Smackdown 7/17/2026

WWE Smackdown 7/17/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/wwe-smackdown-7102026.html

We are in Albany, NY. Wade Barrett and Joe Tessitore are on commentary. 

Gunther comes out. He says he prides himself with being an outstanding professional but he has been mistreated since he came to SD. He says Nick Aldis might be jealous as he's the greatest wrestler in WWE. Gun says he should be champ and the fans know it. He says Aldis is the only one preventing him from being champ. He says Aldis made this personal. He says him being put in this position is unacceptable and he won't stand for it.

Adam Pearce comes out. He says Gun should thank Nick Aldis for saving his job. He talks about Gun attacking Cody and Aldis. He says Gun would be fired if it's up to him. He says Aldis is making sure his match at SNME is going on as planned. Adam says there's a stipulation and says Sami and Gunther are added to the WWE Title match at Summerslam if they win. Gun is happy.

Cody Rhodes comes out. He runs to the ring and beats up on Gun. He sends Gun out. Cody asks where the logic is with Gun. He says he kicked his head into the car door and doesn't expect to get hit on sight. Cody says Gun won't make it to SNME. Cody says they are both ready and challenges Gun tonight. Cody says he needs Adam to say okay. Adam tells him the match is official.

Thoughts: I can understand Sami maybe getting another crack at the title, but Gunther? Absolutely not. He has lost so many times.

Adam Pearce does a video. He says Rhea Ripley has been recovering from an injury. He says she will not be able to compete at Summerslam. Adam says they will crown an interim Women's champ through a ladder match at Summerslam. Adam says there will be qualifiers for it. Adam says we will find out who the real WWE Women's champ is when Rhea return.

We see various wrestlers arrive and hang out.

Finn Balor vs Talla Tonga

TT offers a high test of strength. TT misses a shot and Finn hits him in the corner. Finn chops him and hits leg kicks. TT shoulders him over. TT stomps him and sends him chest first into the buckles. TT sits on his neck on the ropes. Finn hits punches. 

TT is pulled over the top. Finn's head is banged off the buckles and TT lariats him from the apron. We go to break and return. 

TT corner lariats Finn. TT blocks an up and over and powerslams Finn for 2. Finn hits leg kicks and punches. Finn dropkicks him in the knee. Finn final cuts him for 2. TT samoan drops Finn.

TT goes for a chokeslam and is ddt'd. TT hits a big boot for 2. TT headbutts Finn. Tama Tonga gets in the ring and Finn pulls the ropes up and down on Talla's crotch. Finn slingblades Tama on the floor. Finn john woo's TT. Finn top rope double stomps TT twice and pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't love the interference at the end but it wasn't bad otherwise. They did what they were supposed to. I don't love Talla losing to such a smaller guy though.

CM Punk asks Adam Pearce about Gunther and Sami having a chance to make Summerslam a 4-way. Adam says he doesn't like it but that's the decision. They talk about Cody. Adam says Cody wants his receipt and he can get it tonight. Punk says he will talk to Cody.

Punk then runs into Damian Priest. DP says they are good but says he will be waiting for him if he's still champ after SS. Punk says he and Cody might come after DP's tag title. 

R-Truth pops up behind Priest and asks what he talked about with Punk. DP asks if he was here the whole time.

Jade Cargill does a video. She is happy about having a clear shot at the time. She says the women and her aren't cut from the same cloth. She says she will take her title her. Nia Jax says she feels no pressure and the other girls should instead. Nia says everyone will call her the new champ.

Jacy says Fatal Influence shook the table when they arrived but the girls are getting too comfortable. She says she will put Tiffany out of her misery and win the title at SS. Tiffany Stratton says she will beat Jacy and Minnesota will have a front row seat to history.

Women's Ladder Match Qualifier - Tiffany Stratton vs Jacy Jayne

Fatal Influence all jump Tiff before the match. Brie Bella and Paige come out to help Tiff. The other 4 fight to the back and Tiff and JJ fight.

The bell rings. JJ's head is banged off the buckles. Tiff chops her. JJ is tripped into the ropes then Tiff hip attacks her on the ropes. Tiff basement dropkicks her for 2. We go to break and return.

JJ gets a 2 count on Tiff. JJ clubs on her and they crossbody each other at the same time. They trade shots. JJ hits kicks and a step up enzugiri. Tiff hits lariats on her and spinning back elbows her. Tiff alabama slams her. Tiff is crotched up top.

JJ bridging twisting suplexes her for 2. Tiff handspring stunners her. Tiff finlay rolls her then hits a prettiest moonsault ever to win.

Thoughts: It was acceptable. I didn't like the pre-match interference because if you can do that, you can win the match before the bell. Tiff won as expected as Summerslam will be in her home.

We get a Baron Corbin video. He says he sees people running around who think they are tough. He says their reality is about to come crashing down. He says he's the real deal. He says Trick Williams is the first name on a long list and Carmelo Hayes was just collateral damage. He tells Trick to smile why he can and enjoy what he has as he is coming for it all.

Trick Williams is interviewed. He says Baron dialed 1-800-WHOOP@SS. He says Baron is a bald headed b!tch. He says Baron is mad as he has a title on it with more hair than Baron has on his head. Carmelo Hayes comes in. He says Trick found a loophole to not defend against him. He says he sees Trick's hesitation. He says they both know Trick isn't better than him. Trick asks how long Melo has been on SD and says he has done nothing. Trick says Melo needs to take notes and pull out his notebook then write down, "I will mind my business while grown men talk".

Women's Ladder Match Qualifier - Nia Jax vs Jade Cargill

Jade misses a pump kick and Nia samoan drops her. Nia leg drops her. Nia misses a 2nd rope leg drop and Jade spinebusters her. Charlotte Flair comes out and beats up Jade's buddies outside. Flair facekicks Jade and gets Nia DQ'd.

Thoughts: Wow, this was stupid. Flair hates Jade so much that she just got her a title shot.

Flair tries to pillmanize Jade's arm after but Jade's buddies save her. Nia is upset and corner splashes Flair from behind. Jade then hits a jade end on Flair.

Gunther is interviewed. He says he will beat rationale into Cody. Candice LeRae wheels Johnny Gargano in. LeRae says Sami is Gun's partner tomorrow and says if they win, they go to Summerslam. LaRae tells him not to do anything stupid as he needs his win tomorrow. Gun says to tell Sami to show up, shut up and don't get in the way. Blake Monroe then attacks LaRae from behind, sending her into production boxes. She says she's Blake Monroe and the new girl. She says she will see her around. She then says Johnny Gargano needs a haircut.

Lash Legend and Nia Jax talk to Adam Pearce in the back. Lash says they expect consequences and Nia says Flair ruined her match. Adam says Nia will have another chance to win her way into the ladder match against Charlotte Flair next week. Nia says finally Adam is doing something.

Fraxiom (Axiom and Nathan Frazer) vs The War Raiders (Ivar and Erik)

Erik waistlock takedowns NF. NF goes up and over then rolls up Erik for 2. Erik forearms him over. Ivar corne pslashes NF and Erik corner forearms NF. Ivar hits elbows on NF in the corner. 

NF takes a knee to the gut from Erik. NF enzugiri's Erik then ddt's him. NF's tope is caught outside. Ax tope rope moonsaults his opponents outside. We go to PiP break and return.

Erik flying knees NF. Ivar spinning slams Ax. Ivar butt drops NF out of the corner. Ax is put on NF and Ivar misses a top rope moonsault on both. Ax PK's Ivar. NF springboard 450's Ivar for 2. Ax is caught coming off the top by Ivar and Ivar spinning heel kicks him. Erik rams Ivar's butt into Ax. Erik uranage's Ax for 2. 

Ax dropkicks Ivar. NF misses a tope on Ivar and goes into the commentary table. Ax topes Ivar. NF tope con hilos Erik. Ivar facekicks Ax. Ivar takes a double superplex. NF pheonix splashes Ivar. Erik and Ax trade shots. Erik knees Ax in the back of the head. NF is popped up into a powerslam from Ivar. Ax takes a double powerbomb and is pinned.

Thoughts: It looked good on paper and I liked what we got here.  The little guys flew and the big guys threw them around. Fraxiom didn't get to do too much here and they kept it moving. The Raiders are AAA tag champs and thankfully they won here.

We see clips of LA Knight, Solo Sikoa and Royce Keys talking from Fanatics Fest. La Knight makes fun of The Uso's and Fatu. We also see clips of Tom Brady slapping Logan Paul there.

CM Punk talks to Cody Rhodes in the back. Punk asks if facing Gunther is a good idea and Cody says it's not. Punk says he will watch Cody's back tonight. 

Jackie Redmond goes into Danhausen's lair. Dan asks who JD McDonaugh is. Dan is not worried about getting outnumbered. He says he has a secret weapon and shows a toy cat in a cage. Jackie says it's a toy and he says it's not. Dan says you don't cross paths with a cat as you are cursed. Dan's pc then shoots sparks out and they both run.

Cody Rhodes vs Gunther

Cody attacks Gun as he comes out. Gun is sent into the rails. Gun's head is banged off the steps. Gun is sent into the rails and Cody pounds on him more. Gun's head is banged off the commentary table. Cody drop down punches Gun then hits mounted shots. 

Cody goes to springboard and Gun pushes him out. We go to break and return. Gun knees Cody in the gut and chops him down. Cody hits a cody cutter on Gun. Cody running forearms Gun and powerslams him. 

Cody tries a disaster kick on Gun. Cody does a cody cutter on Gun. Gun chops Cody and kicks him in the leg. Cody's leg is banged off the post. CM Punk comes out. Gun and Cody flying lariat each other. We go to PiP break and return.

Gun powerbombs Cody for 2 then half crabs him. Cody boots Gun away. Gun misses a corner facekick and is kicked in the leg. Cody dragon screws him. Cody figure fours him. Sami Zayn comes out and beats up Punk. Sami throws Punk over the commentary table. Cody topes Sami outside. Sami sends Cody into the post and this goes to a no contest.

Thoughts: I liked what we got, but we didn't get all that much of it. They were definitely rushing through things and keeping things moving. No one lost here so nobody comes off bad from this.

Punk jumps off the commentary table onto Gun. Cody punches Sami on the commentary table. All 4 men fight. Officials come to break it up and the show ends up with everyone fighting. The brawl was nice here and added something to the SNME match.

Overall thoughts: The wrestling wasn't bad here but the show didn't do it for me as a whole. There was a lot of outside interference all night long here. Them throwing in Sami and Gun possibly getting Summerslam title shots last minute isn't exactly right I doubt they will end up getting added to the match. The main didn't get a lot of time and didn't have an actual finish. I mostly did like Finn/Talla and I liked The War Raiders vs Fraxiom. I'd give this a higher 5 out of 10 as it was acceptable overall but could have been better.

IWA Puerto Rico Impacto Total 7/12/2026

IWA Puerto Rico Impacto Total 7/12/2026 

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/iwa-puerto-rico-impacto-total-742026.html

The next live event is 7/18/2026 and it's IWA Copa Mundial de Lucha Libre. It has:

IWA World Cup of Wrestling Torneo Elite for an IWA World Title shot later that night - El Dragon Nihan vs Javier Bernal vs August Artois vs Jose Navarro vs Pupe Jackson vs Super Atomo vs Manu vs Mystey Opponent

IWA Tag Titles - Cesar Aldea and Big Tito Lincoln (c) vs Matty Ice and Jon Dave Rose

IWA Women's Title - Daisy Lyn (c) vs Persia Pierce

El Wizard vs Barbie Boy

Pedro Portillo's IWA Intercontinental Title Open Challenge

Savio Vega and Manu will have a message for Ricky Banderas and Shane The Glamour Boy

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We hear sound bytes from Ricky Banderas and Shane The Glamour Boy.

We see Jose Navarro at a ranch. We see him ride a horse. He says he will be in the Copa Mundial de Lucha Libre. He says he doesn't care who his opponent is. He says he will be the winner and will get an IWA Title shot when he wins it. Pupe Jackson then attacks him with a belt.

Pupe yells at him about attacking his wife and bangs his head off of hay. They trade shots and Jose takes him down. They hit mounted shots on each other. Jose says he's better than him. Pupe throws him down in the grass and whips him with a belt. Pupe then rides him like a horse (Jose did this to his wife). Jose is thrown into a wall.

Pupe says this isn't over. Pupe chokes him with a pitchfork and yells at him to die. Jose rams the pitch fork up into Pupe's crotch. Jose goes to run and Pupe says he won't escape him. We go to break and get an ad for the next show.

We return from break. Jose is trying to run away then Pupe superkicks him out of the bushes. They trade punches. Pupe tells him he is his shadow. Pupe jumps on him and hits mounted shots. Pupe drags him by the hair and rides him like a horse again. They grab a barbed wire fence and Jose avoids having his head put in it. Jose stomps him and runs.

Pupe shows up behind him and hits him with some kind of bamboo stick. They fight near a river. Pupe kicks him in the crotch. They find cow dung and Pupe tries to put Jose's face in it.

We go to break. We get some ads for the next shows. We return.

Jose's face is covered in cow dung. Jose's coughing. Pupe grabs barbed wire. He says Jose was his family and played with his kids. He asks why Jose did this to him. He says look at how far he had to go and Pupe cries. Pupe says he's going to do this for him, his family and wife. Puepe then gets hit from behind with a shovel from an unknown man.

The man who hit him then loads a gun. Jose says not to shoot him as he has to pay for the things he did. Pupe is totally out. We go to break.

We get a Mr. Iguana from for IWA Summer Attitude. Iguana says he and La Yesca will make history. We then get an ad for the 7/18 show.

We return and Pupe is tired up in barbed wire to hay. He's bleeding. Jose says he told him that if he messed with him, it was going to be a problem. He says that's what happening. He says it's nothing compared to what could have happened to his wife and family if they get in his way. He says he will use this to deliver a message to the IWA dressing room. He says he wants the locker room to know he's a very violent guy.

Raul Magnum then does a voiceover and hypes up Summer Attitude to close the show.

Thoughts: I said a month or so ago that there was too long of a break between shows and IWA was certainly going to run out of new matches to show. And they either ran out or got close to it here. Instead of just showing old matches or no matches at all (which they have done), they filmed a brawl at a ranch between Jose Navarro and Pupe Jackson. I always enjoy wrestling matches in different places and that's what we got here. No, it wasn't an official match, but it was relevant, it made sense, it was entertaining and we had a clear result coming out of it. I thought it was some of IWA's best work as of late and it was a captivating little brawl. I enjoyed this and thought this was a lot of fun. I wish we could have gotten this sooner though as this was kind of their 2nd or 3rd interaction after the original incident of Jose attacking Pupe's wife.

Overall thoughts: We had one brawl here. It wasn't an official match, but it was basically a street fight at a farm. It was fun, it made sense and it furthered the feud between Pupe Jackson and Jose Navarro. They also left enough room here for them to go at it again. This was a fun 23 minute show and would be worth checking out. 

Ring of Honor on HonorClub 7/16/2026

Ring of Honor on HonorClub 7/16/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/ring-of-honor-on-honorclub-792026.html

We are in Jacksonville, FL. Caprice Coleman & Ian Riccaboni are on commentary.

We get a Lio Rush video to start. He playos with goo, has smoke and says he's coming. He also talks about the rain and says go back.

Mark Sterling puts his crew over before their match, except for Beef. 

ROH World Six Man Tag Team Title Match - Dalton Castle & The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) (c) vs. BEEF & The Premier Athletes (Ariya Daivari & Tony Nese)

Nese poses in front of Truth. Truth then poses. Nese spears him in the gut. Truth goes up and over and flying headscissors him. Nese is whipped into a boot then is slammed. Nese takes a double splash for 2. 

Turbo side headlocks Beef and shoulder battles with him. They trade lariats. Beef cartwheels and dropkicks him. Ari yanks on Trubo's arm then Turbo lariats him. Ari takes a kneelift + backdrop. The Runners pose.

Truth is held and hit in the gut. Truth is then stomped on. Beef slams Truth and bangs his head off the buckles. Turbo is double pounded on in the corner. Ari neckbreakers Turbo for 2. Truth is snapmared and chinlocked by Beef. Beef side slams Truth for 2.

Beef is given a title belt to sue on Turbo. He refuses to ue it and Turbo back body drops him. Turbo comes in. He hits punches and slams on Nee and Ari. Beef bodyblocks TurboTurbo takes running corner attacks and a corner splash. Beef crossbodies Turbo for 2.

Ari chinlocks Turbo then flying knees him. Nese faceshoves Turbo and slaps him around. Turbo hits punches on Nese. Nese superkicks Turbo and Turbo lariats him. Beef and DC get in. DC running lariats him. Beef spinning back elbows Ari, suplexes Nese then suplexes Beef. 

The heels break up the faces' triple team finisher. Ari flying shoulders Nese on accident. Beef bodyblocks Ari on accident. Beef takes a double team slam. Beef then takes a double elbow drop + double axe handle and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was fine. It made sense with Beef screwing up and The Athletes not liking him anyway (so why are they teaming?). The faces won as expected as The Athletes never win anything here. We didn't see much of Dalton in this one.

The Runners and Dalton are interviewed in the ring after. Truth says nothing succeeds like success. Turbo has nothing really to say. Dalton says they are the greatest trio to step foot in a wrestling ring. Ian Riccaboni says The Lethal Twist are also undefeated. Dalton says Ian has upset him now. He says he gets irate and disgusted with them. Turbo says if The Twist things they can get the belt off his waist, not even can. Dalton puts over The Runners. Truth says if you haven't seen Dalton and The Runners, you haven't seen nothing yet. 

They say The Rougeau Family will be honored at AEW Redemption.

Angelico vs. Tim Bosby

Ange hammerlocks him and wristlocks him. Tim waistlock takedowns him. Ange trips him and goes for the ankle lock. Tim ropebreaks. Ange takes him down by the wrist. Tim forearms him off the cleanbreak and slams him. Tim belly to belly throws him for 2. 

Tim chinlocks him then euros him. Tim misses a corner splash. Ange hits leg kicks. Ange blocks a sunset flip and double stomps him. Ange upkicks him then twists his legs into an ankle lock. Tim then submits.

Thoughts: It's a shame it didn't get more time. What we got was fine here and it was bit more competitive than I expected. Ange won as expected since he's a regular here and Tim is still working on that. 

Main Man Oro vs. Mark Davidson

Oro waistlock takedowns him. Mark side headlocks him. Mark wristlocks him and Oro up kicks him to escape. Oro shoulders him over and Mark rolls him up for 1. Oro kicks him in the head and facekicks him. Mark chops him and Oro superman punches him. 

Mark backrolls him for 2. Oro koppo kicks him. Oro chops him for a 2 count. Oro suplexes him for 2. Mark jawbreakers him and Oro rolls into a sweep on him. Oro exploders him for 2. Oro kicks him in the back and chinlocks him. 

Mark enzugiri's him from the apron and rolls into a cutter on him for 2. Mark pump kicks him. Oro spin kicks him in the face and spinning forearms him. Oro pops him up from his shoulder and overhead kicks him. Oro koppo kicks him in the corner then backdrops him. Oro then pins him.

Thoughts: It was a bit unusual with Mark getting a lot in. Oro won but he didn't exactly get put over here. Oro had some interesting offense here with various rolling kicks. It was average.

The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) vs. The WorkHorsemen (Anthony Henry & JD Drake)

Matt wristlocks Henry and Henry flips out of it. Matt side headlocks him and Henry shoulders him over. Henry spinning heel kicks him. Matt goes up and over then dropkicks him. Henry takes corner attacks. Matt lariats Henry down for 2.

Henry boots Mike from the ropes then twists his held and holds him for a falling JD headbutt drop. JD forearms and chops Mike. JD lariats him. Henry hits knees to Mike's chest. Henry holds his neck with his feet and falls back. 

JD chops Mike, corner splashes him and belly to belly suplexes him. JD misses a 2nd rope vader bomb. Matt comes in and hits offense on his opponents. Matt back body drops Henry then Henry enzugiri's him. Henry is popped up into a forearm for 2. Henry hits a nasty brainbuster on Matt.  

JD and Mike trade chops. JD lariats Mike down. JD belly to belly suplexes Mike. Matt springboard enzugiri's Henry off the apron. JD leg lariats Mike off the 2nd rope for 2. JD and Mike trade chops. JD goes for a move on Mike and Matt rolls up JD with his feet on the ropes to pin him.

Thoughts: It was competitive with a lot of hard shots thrown. What we got wasn't bad. Maybe The Kingdom winning via nefarious means will lead to something? Both teams looked fine here and it was a little better than I expected. 

AR Fox does a video. He says he was champ last time he was here and was crying over a title he doesn't have anymore. Alan Angels comes in, sits down and mocks him. He says nothing is ever good enough for him. Alan says AR trained him 10 years ago, but he didn't care about him and never took him on the road. He says AR didn't believe in him and he did it by himself. Alan says he got signed before AR did. AR says he's not here anymore. Alan says he takes opportunities and says he wants to fight AR. Alan says it won't be student vs teacher but equal vs equal. AR then fakes him out and teases like he will hit him. 

AR Fox vs. Alan Angels

They lock up. AR side headlock takeovers him then la magistral's him. AR wristlocks him and AR reverses it. AA flips out of it using the ropes and armdrags him. AA rolls him up for 2. AA flying headscissors him then shoulders him over. AA dropkicks him for 1. 

AR chops him. AA blocks AR's rope tricks. AR armdrags him off the post. AR 2nd rope diving armdrags him and leg lariats him. AR facekicks him. AR bottom rope springboard stunners him then twisting brainbusters him for 2. 

AA boots him out of the corner. They both kip down out of lariats and AA 2nd rope moonsaults him. AA eye rakes him and chops him. AA neckbreakers him for 1. AR hits forearms. AA double stomp AR's back on the apron. A low topes him. AR 619's him under the bottom rope. AA is between the ropes and AR ddt's him over the 2nd rope.

AR rolls into the ropes and double stomps AA's gut. AR tope con hilos him from the apron. AR ddt' him then walks him into a cutter for 2. AR top rope swantons AA for 2. AR kicks him while he's down. AR trips him then misses a 450. AA spin kicks him in the gut then half-nelson suplexes him. AA spin kicks him in the head for 2.

AR does a suplex for 2 and AA pushes him away. AR enzugiri's him. AA is on the 2nd rope and AR seated spanish flies him. AR top rope 450's him and wins.

Thoughts: It was the longest match on the show at this point. It was all flying and junior wrestling here. The selling wasn't the best but it went well otherwise. Alan loses in his big return here and it seems like his story of being mad at AR is over.

ROH World Tag Team Title Match - El Sky Team (Mascara Dorada & Mistico) (c) vs. Los Hermanos Chavez (Angel de Oro & Niebla Roja)

Note - I already reviewed this here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/cmll-7102026-viernes-escpectacular.html 

CMLL gives Oro and Roja a plaque for 20 years of service. Oro and Roja are wearing their old Angel de Oro and Angel de Plata masks and outfits here...which also happen to be the same colors Mist and MD are wearing.

MD and Oro eat superkicks to start. Mist armdrags Roja and Roja shoulders him over. Mist reverse headbutts him. Mist walks up the buckles and does a springboard diving corkscrew armdrag. Oro gets in and Mist boots him. MD springboard crossbodies Oro. MD corkscrew headscissors Oro. Roja comes in and rolls into a headscussors on MD.

Mist spinning headscissors Roja. Mist and MD hit stereo topes out. Oro and Roja then hit stereo topes on them outside. Mist is double teamed in the ring. Mist takes a spinebuster into a slingshot swanton. Mist is double superkicked to the ramp.

MD is popped up into a kick from Roja. Mist is popped up into a diving headcissors on Oro. MD springboard tornillo armdrags Roja. MD and Mist hit slingshot tornillos outside. MD and Oro go at it. MD flying headscissors him and is flipped into a reverse headscissors on Roja. MD flips off the top into an armdrag on Oro. MD spinning headscossors Roja out. Mist and Oro go at it in the ring. Mist is tripped by Roja then double stomped on. 

Oro is pushed into Roja. Mist springboard diving headscissors Oro. Mist spinning headscissors Roja down. Mist springboard headscissors Roja. then he slingshot diving headscissors him outside. MD wraps around the post and headscissors Roja outside.

Mist code red's Oro for 2. Roja lifting drops Mist on his chest for 2. MD electric chair neckbreakers Roja for 2. Oro michinoku drivers MD for 2. Mist and MD are crotched up top. Both take basement dropkicks for 2 counts. Roja and Oro are both on the 2nd rope. Mist and MD springboard hurricanrana them down together.

Mist takes a michinoku driver and MD is dropped on him from the 2nd rope for 2. Mist and Roja trade forearms. Mist hits kicks on him. MD steps up off of Mist and diving headscissors Roja off the apron. Mist springboard crossbodies Oro and then la mistica's him. Oro taps out and Mist's team wins.

Thoughts: Both teams have titles here so someone had to lose and it was the heels. Oro's mask was a downgrade for him here while Roja looked better mask. What we got was fine with them doing a lot of flying. It is hard to show emotion though when your face is covered and everyone had their face covered here.

Chopping It Up with Caprice Coleman

Caprice Coleman talks to Sammy Guevara. Sammy says the pleasure belongs to the viewers. Sammy says the people can talk good or bad, but they are talking about him. He says he held the tag titles three times without losing them. Sammy says he is water and a universal wrestler. He says he has wrestled around the world but still feels a lack of respect. Caprice says Sammy has grown in front of the camera.

Sammy shouts out his daughter and says she made him a better person. He says his daughter can see that he's a guy trying his best. He says he still hasn't become champ but wants to. He says one day he will hold the world title and his daughter and have the world in his arms. He says the sky isn't the limit as there's  a whole universe out there for him.

MxM Collection (Mansoor & Mason Madden) vs. Bustah And The Brain (Alec Price & Jordan Oliver)

Mansoor and JO trade holds. Mansoor gets tripped and JO side headlocks him. MM double chops JO. JO takes running corner attacks. JO is dropkicked in the knee then takes a hip attack. Mansoor jumps up and JO jumping side slams him. Mansoor takes a double legdrop for 2.

JO backdrops Mansoor for 2. Madden double lariats his opponents. Mansoor forearms JO down. Mansoor punches him. Mansoor grabs his comb and the ref takes it. Madden gives Mansoor another combo and he hits JO with it. JO is double stomped on. Madden chokes JO and says he will kill him. 

Madden double throat thrusts JO. JO takes a side slam + jumping legdrop combo for 2. JO is put in tree of woe and Mansoor poses on him. JO spider germans him down. JO tags out. AP comes in and dropkicks Madden off the apron. AP hits punches on Mansoor then running lariats him. 

AP puts Mansoor's brush in his pants and he fights for it with Mansoor. AP then brushes Mansoor's beard with the brush. Mansoor takes a double dropkick in the corner. Madden chokeslams JO and AP takes a chokeslam + german for 2. 

AP rolls up Mansoor for 2 and stunners Madden. AP tornado ddt's Mansoor off of Madden. JO and AP run into Madden and double flapjack him. Mansoor comes off the top takes a dropkick. Mansoor takes a double styles clash and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was an alright match here with lots of fast paced action. I was surprised Price and Jordan won here since they lose so much, but MxM also tends to lose a lot here. It got a lot of time. I liked the double styles clash and Mansoor took a nice dropkick near the end. 

Dezmond Xavier vs Brandon Cutler

Dez wristlocks him and BC side headlocks him. Dez cartwheels out of it. BC rolls him into a senton. BC flying headscissors Dez. BC 2nd rope diving armdrags him. Dez upkicks him and reverse headscissors him from the mat. Dez armdrags him then dropkicks him. Dez topes BC outside. 

Dez misses a top rope 450. BC superkicks him. BC tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. BC powerslams him off a tilt-a-whirl. BC 2nd rope crossbodies him for 2. BC knees him in the back then is tripped into the buckles. Dez hits shots on BC and forearms him. Dez enzugiri's him and diving tornado ddt's him for 2. 

BC cutters Dez. BC is crotched up top. BC 2nd rope springboard hurricanrana's him. BC sliding kicks him for 2. Dez hits kicks on him. Dez hurricanrana's him for 2. Dez hits a cardiac kick and pins him.

Thoughts: This was beyond random. Cutler hasn't seen an AEW/ROH ring in a long time and Dez is often in tag competition. I don't know why we saw this. It was acceptable but nothing too special. Dez won as expected.

Adam Priest, Eddie Kingston, Ortiz & Tommy Billington vs. Shane Taylor Promotions (Carlie Bravo, Lee Moriarty, Shane Taylor & Shawn Dean) 

Bravo gives Ortiz the finger. Ortiz trips him then Bravo trips him. They criss-cross. Ortiz armdrags him and side headlocks him. Bravo is double suplexed. Eddie japanese armdrags Dean. AP comes in and euros Dean in the arm. Dean takes a double back elbow and gets his legs split. 

Tom comes in and tries to trip Shane. Shane throws him in the corner. Shane survives a double trip but Ortiz 2nd rope diving bulldogs him. AP is tripped and takes moves on the apron. Dean slingshot elbow drops AP and elbow drops him for 2. 

Lee pulls back on AP's arms. AP chops him and Lee underhook suplexes him for 2. Shane lariats AP down. Dean bronco busters AP in the corner. AP backrolls Bravo for 2 and they double clothesline each other. Eddie comes in and knocks the heels off the apron.

Eddie neckbreakers Dean. Eddie hits machine gun chops on him. Dean takes corner attacks and an Eddie exploder for 2. Eddie gets headbutted and uranage'd by Shane. Shane splashes him then Dean top rope splashes Eddie for 2. Tom crucifixes Shane and Shane punches him out. 

Lee slingblades Ortiz and AP backdrops Lee. Bravo crossover punches AP. Dean flying knees Eddie. AP ddt's Dean. Lee low topes outside. Ortiz then tope con hilos through the ropes outside. Bravo then suicide dives outside.

AP flips over Dean then half-crabs him. Tom top rope dropkicks Bravo and Dean cradles AP for 2. AP rolls up Dean and pins him off a slam attempt.

Thoughts: It went well. It got a lot of time to play out. We got some dives here. We saw a little of everyone but Shane and Eddie kind of stayed out a little. This was fine.

Athena & Billie Starkz vs Lacey Lane & Viva Van

Diamante is with Billie and Athena

They shake hands. Ath is dropkicked before she's ready. Lane slaps and rolls up BS. Lane high kicks her and crucifixes her. Van spinning heel kicks BS. Van upkicks BS. Van slips on a springboard and top rope crossbodies BS. 

Ath clubs on Van. Ath foot chokes Van and hits forearms on her. Van takes running corner attacks. BS suplexes Van for 2. Ath chinlocks Van. Van forearms Ath down and enzugiri's her. BS sends Lane into the post outside. Diamante comes in and Van takes a double suplex. BS swantons Van for 2.

Van spinning heel kicks BS. Lane comes in with Ath and drops her with shots. Lane handstand kicks her then springboard casadora rolls her into a superkick. Lane running facekicks Ath and springboard legdrops her for 2. 

Lane forearms Ath and sends her into the buckles. Lane takes a codebreaker into a backcracker. Lane hurricanrana's Ath into BS, making Ath spear her. Van is double hiptossed int othe ropes nd double armdrags off of it. Van double dropkicks her opponents. Van codebreakers Ath.

Diamante gets on the apron and is forearmed down. Ath powerbombs Van then curbstomps her. Ath then pins her.

Thoughts: It was average. Van only had one botch here at least. Lane had a pretty good showing. I didn't think this got enough time to play out here. Ath and BS are now good after BS tried to screw her at the last PPV.

Van's face is banged off the title after.

ROH World Television Title Match - Lio Rush (c) vs. Lee Johnson

Lee takes the title and poses with it when the ref holds it up.

Lio drops Lee with a shot. Lio claws at Lee's chest. Lee boots him in the gut. Lio hits kicks and drops Lee. Lio chops Lee. Lio hits shots on Lee outside. Lee backdrops him on the apron. 

Lee chops AR in the corner. Lee suplexes Lio. Lio hits chops and takes a running back elbow. Lee PK's him and standing moonsaults him for 2. Lee hits mounted shots on Lio. Lio spears him. Lio backslides him then stunners him. 

Lio corner splashes him and corner lariats him. Lee is sent out and Lio topes him twice. Lio jackhammers him for 2. Lio hits another stunner. Lee asai moonsaults into a reverse ddt for 2. Lee half-nelson suplexes him twice. Lio rolls him into a spin kick to the face. Lio seated springboard stunners him for 2.

Lio spinning lariats Lee. Lio goes outside and looks for something under the ring. Blake Christian comes out and distracts Lio. Lee tope con hilos Lio. Lee cutters Lio then superkicks him. Lee sitout powerbombs Lio for 2. Lio standing spanish flies Lee then cutters him. Lio does a bridging choke and Lee is out. Lio wins.

Thoughts: I didn't like it. It was herky-jerky early and they did a lot of chops that killed the flow. Lio really spammed the cutter and stunner here and him going outside late into this didn't help either. Lio also won as expected.

Overall thoughts: This was an absurdly long edition of ROH at 2 hours and 38 minutes. Why? I have absolutely no idea. There was so much stuff that could have been aired on another show, with Brandon Cutler being the shining example of that. Almost all the matches were random and there wasn't a lot of non-wrestling stuff like usual We did get multiple title matches and multiple champions in action though which was nice. Most of the wrestling was acceptable here, but there was nothing must see on this. MxM Collection's match was my favorite match of the night. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 as there was a lot of okay wrestling, but the length was a major negative and it had a lot of the usual issues ROH shows have.

EPW Wrestling Unleashed 7/11/2026 Episode #250

EPW Wrestling Unleashed 7/11/2026 Episode #250

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/epw-wrestling-unleashed-742026-episode.html

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

We see clips of the first show intro.

The hosts welcome us to the show and celebrate 250 shows.

EPW Apex Title - Eli Knox (c) vs Marko Harris

Marko shoves Eli into the entrance aisle and pounds on him. Eli fights back. Eli is stungunned on the rail. Marko then jumps over the rail onto Eli. Marko high fives the snack stand workers. The bell rings and the match starts.

Marko reaorms him then springboard cannonballs him for 2. Eli goes low and Marko punches him. Marko superkicks him in the gut and 2nd rope twisting sunset flips him. Eli knees Marko in the gut. Marko's throat is catapulted into the bottom rope. We go to break and return.

Eli lariats Marko for 2. Eli stomps him. Marko back elbows him and they trade punches. Eli cranks his head to the side. Eli swinging neckbreakers him for 2. 

Marko dropkicks him for 2. Eli pulls Marko's throat into the ropes. Eli misses a legdrop over the 2nd rope and Marko topes him. Marko hits chops and punches. Eli is sent into the wall. Eli pounds on Marko against the rails and bangs his head off the apron. Marko pounds and stomps him and both get counted out.

Thoughts: I liked what we got here even if we didn't get a finish. The two worked well together. They started off hot with Eli getting beaten up in the aisle and they held my interest all throughout. Marko's dive over the rails was cool.

Eli motions that he outsmarted Marko after.

We see clips from Episode 102 during the break.

Dakota Gage vs Chris Styles

Cody James, Chris' partner, is on commentary for this. Chris side headlocks him and they shoulderblock battle. They double clothesline each other down. The Initiative immediately run in and hit both men to cause the no contest.

Thoughts: It only went about 30 seconds before the run-in ended this.

Genesis and Hunt pound on Chris and Gage. Chris is tied up in the ropes. Cody James tries to help Chris but he gets dropped then takes a backdrop + backcracker combo. Aryanne, The Initiative's manager, then comes in. She spray paints Cody's chest with The Initiative's logo after he sprayed her with silly string last week. Aryanne then slaps him.

We see clips from Episode 26 with Gillberg.

Ethan Steele vs Xero

Xero rolls up ES to start. They each miss kicks. Xero shoulders him over. Xero rolls over his back. ES flips out of a hiptoss then Xero does the same. ES powerslams him for 2. ES hits corner spears then he fallaway slams him for 2. 

ES stomps and foot chokes him in the corner. ES chops him down for 2. ES drops him with a punch then suplexes him. ES canadian destroyers him. ES runs at him and takes a standing spanish fly. 

Xero is thrown off a bulldog attempt. ES fireman's carry gutbusters him. Xero no sells it and knees him in the face. Xero hits an angel's wings and pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't like it. They did a canadian destroyer and a standing spanish fly that ultimately meant nothing here as neither were sold well. This was an indy style match and this promotion doesn't usually do those types of matches.

Mike Jackson is interviewed. He says no one has spit in his face before and says CJ Thomas is the first to do it. He says he's coming back to EPW to get a piece of him. He says he will give him the Mississippi buttkicking he deserves.

EPW Women's Title - Madi Monroe (c) vs Nyxx vs Diana Taylor vs Raven Black

Everyone gangs up on Raven to start. DT bulldogs Rav from behind and Nyxx samoan drops her. They all go for pins. Madi chokes Nyxx on the ropes and foot chokes her. 

Nyxx spinebusters Madi then DT claymore kicks Rav. Nyxx ddt's DT then Rav spears Nyxx. Rav then pins DT.

Thoughts: It was short and didn't really get enough time to become anything. It was over just as it was getting started. They didn't really botch though in the little time they got and it didn't go that bad. Madi loses her title here without being pinned.

The Order (Ethan Ross and Izzy Rotten) vs Aaron Roberts and Shawn Aries

Wolfie D is with AR and SA. Hollywood Jimmy is with The Order. 

ER puts the ref in his way then nails SA. SA flying euros him in the corner, enzugiri's him and PK's him. AR splashes ER for 2. AR pop up drops SA onto ER for 2. SA springboards onto ER then ER TKO's him for 2.

Izzy hits some punches on SA then headbutts him down. ER does a trapezius hold to SA. ER lariats SA. SA is booted in the corner and backdropped. We go to break and return. 

Izzy gets 2 counts on SA then sits on his back with a chinlock. Hollywood Jimmy chokes SA on the ropes. ER hits SA in the gut. SA fires back and ER ddt's him. SA sunset flips ER for 2 and ER lariats him. 

SA hits a double crossbody on the heels. AR is tagged in. He double lariats the heels and throws SA onto Izzy outside. AR uranage's ER and pins him.

Thoughts: It was fine and pretty simple. SA got beaten up for a lot of this, AR hot tagged in and picked up the easy win. I don't like a makeshift team beating an established team so easily though.

Hollywood Jimmy gets in the ring with his cane. Wolfie D grabs the cane. Jimmy backs up into AR and AR drops him with a punch. AR then butt drops him. Dorian Vain and Eli Knox come down and beat up SA and AR. Vain puts SA in the cobra clutch. Refs come down to stop this and get shoved. Vain hits AR in the head with the EPW Title. Vain holds the title up.

Vain gets on the mic and says we all need to understand that they said the would take AR's health from him. Vain says to go help your hero now. AR is hit with the title again and the heels pose to close the show.

Overall thoughts: The opener was the match of the night here. Everything else was on the shorter end and didn't get enough time to be great. We got a decent bit of clips from older episodes since this was the 250th episode and they built up some stuff for next time. The show was acceptable but nothing must see mostly due to the shorter match times. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 total.