AEW Dynamite 8/12/2026

AEW Dynamite 8/12/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/aew-dynamite-852026-grand-slam-mexico.html

We are in Las Vegas, NV. Paul Wight, Excalibur and Tony Schiavone are on commentary.

Will Ospreay comes out to talk. He asks how the crowd is and if they lost a lot of money tonight. He says he got to be in Arena Mexico again and it's an honor. He says he was nervous in Mexico. He says he was told his grandfather passed away when he got there. He says he knows his grandfather would tell him to stop crying and go do a flip down in Mexico. He says he will leave ever single bit of his body in the ring for us. 

He says he's here to set an example. He says Kenny Omega wasn't at Arena Mexico. He says he knows Kenny is here and invites him out. Don Callis comes out instead. Don talks about him and Kenny screwing Mox over to get the title. He says he had to remind Kenny who his dad was later on and stabbed him in the face. He says he then brought Will Ospreay here and put him against Kenny Omega.

He says Will owes everything to him. He says his road is not paved in gold like he thinks but it's paved in blood. The Don Callis Family then attack Will. Kenny Omega comes out and beats up The Family with a pipe. Kenny teases hitting Will with the pipe but doesn't.

Kenny says he felt what Will said but says he never thinks. Kenny said Will has gotten sloppy and turned into a fool. Kenny says he can't help Will like this again and it's just them from now on. Will says he didn't want his help and won't need it.

Thoughts: Yeah, this was a bunch of random stuff here that didn't make much sense. The Family attacked Will for no reason and Kenny helped out Will for even less of a reason after Will attacked him a few weeks ago.

#2 Spot in the Casino Gauntlet - MJF vs Mike Bailey vs Nick Wayne

MJF grabs the ring announcer Justin Roberts before the match and says to call him the one true champ.  

MJF goes out to stall. He then says he will let the other two battle it out on commentary and calls Schiavone a fat, old prick. Mike takes down Nick twice and taps him on the head. They kip up together and stand off. Nick rolls up Mike for 2. They show a tweet from Andrade El Idolo on a graphic. 

Mike flying headscissors Nick. Nick jumping euros him. Nick tope con hilos outside. Mike triangle asai moonsaults Nick outside. Mike armdrags Nick. Mike double boots him out of the corner and MJF sweeps Mike on the top buckle. 

MJF hits mounted shots on Mike. Nick hits mounted shots on Mike. MJF raises Nick's hand. Nick standing shiranui's Mike and MJF tries to take the pin. Nick and MJF argue. MJF slaps Nick. Nick superkicks him. 

Mike hits forearms on Nick. Mike facekicks him. Mike chest kicks Nick down. Nick dragon suplexes Mike. Mike standing moonsault double knee drops him. MJF pulls Mike's throat down over the top rope. Mike top rope moonsaults both opponents outside.

We go to PiP break and return. Mike misses a top rope ssp and standing spanish flies MJF. Mike falcon arrows Nick. Mike top rope ssp's Nick for 2. Nick hits MJF in the gut. Nick goes for an os cutter and is swatted down. MJF powerbomb backbreakers Nick. 

Mike corkscrew kicks Nick and 2nd rope ultimate weapon's him. MJF throws Mike out and armbars Nick. MJF submits Nick.

Thoughts: It was acceptable. Nick and Mike didn't get to do anything too crazy and MJF held things together by being a heel and taking shortcuts.

MJF gets on the mic after. He say he told us he would win as the champ always wins. He says that's why he is walking out of Wembley with the contract and no one can stop him. Andrade El Idolo's music hits but he doesn't come out. He says he's not showing up because he kicked his @ss last week. He says Kenny and Will are both afraid of him and better pray not to have to face him. He says we will then all find out that he's the one true champ.

Divine Dominion are in The Brawling Birds' bar. They say them saying they are undefeated means nothing when they never faced them. Lena says The Birds' biggest moment will be their massacre. They then drop beer mugs on the floor and say, "Here's to The Birds, they had a good run". 

Mick Foley interviews the full Bang Bang Gang. Jay welcomes Mick to The Gang. Jay says The Dogs and Death Riders have gotten the best of them every turn. Jay says their days are numbered. Jay says he will beat Finlay tonight. He says he hopes he can face Mox and beat him for the Continental Cup.

AEW Continental Challenge Cup First Round Match - Jay White vs David Finlay

DF runs at him and is chopped down on the apron. Jay chops him outside. Jay's head is banged off the commentary table. Jay chops him in the corner and DF shoulders him over. DF sentons him. DF stunners Jay over the top rope. DF boots Jay in the corner. Jay hurricanrana's him from the buckles, lariats him over the top and slingshot plancha's him. 

Jay gordbusters DF on the apron and chops him. Jay suplexes him for 2. DF double throat thrusts him and drops him throat first on the top rope. DF neckbreakers him.  

We go to PiP break and return. DF running euros him in the corner. Jay underhook suplexes him into the buckles. Jay ddt's him for 2. They roll each other up for 2 counts. DF uranage backbreakers him. Jay knocks him off the buckles. DF euros him. Jay flatliners him then germans him. 

DF back elbows him down in the back of the neck. DF ddt's him for 2. Jay chest kicks DF down. DF double underhook dominators him for 2. DF hits oblivion on Jay for 2. DF hits lariats on Jay. Jay blade runners him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was okay. Jay won as expected. They had a spot here where Jay did a suplex and held his neck after. The announcers pointed this out and I'm curious as to what the deal was with it. DF hit a great oblivion on Jay.

Tony Schiavone interviews Brodido and Adam Page in the ring. They are the current trios champs. Bandido talks in Spanish. King says they are the new trios champs. 

Swervce Strickland and Prince Nana come out. Nana tells Schiavone to get out. Swerve says he sees 3 guys he had bad blood with being friends. He says they have nothing in common except for him. Swerve talks about beating Band. He says last time he saw King, he was laying face down in his own blood. Swerve said he took his eye off of Page for a second and he lost his AEW Title and any future shots at it. 

Page says he kept his eye on Swerve and Swerve doesn't have room to talk about results. He says he did heinous stuff and has nothing to show for it.

The Demand and The Lethal Twist come out. Ric says Toa and Kaun would love to put Nana down for good. Ric says the trios titles were stolen from them because Toa's shoulders weren't on the mat. Ric says they demand their rematch. Ric says it's not safe for the faces as they have 9 guys who hate them. He tells them to get to stepping. Swerve gets on the ramp and Ric has words for him. Swerve walks past. He says King might do the barking but Ricochet is being the b!tch. Page tells Ric's crew to come down and take the trios belts if they want them back. Ric says they will do it on their time.

We see clips of a Willow Nightingale interview with Renee. Mercdes Mone attacks Willow and whips her with a title belt. She says she will give her some of her smile back and calls her a dumb b!tch.

AEW TNT Title - Kevin Knight (c) vs Chris Jericho

KK jumps on him and stomps him in the corner. CJ hits chops and brainbusters him. CJ double underhook backbreakers him for 2. CJ hits bad punches on him up top. CJ hurricanrana's him down. 

CJ lariats KK over the top. CJ top rope plancha's KK outside then he hugs Paul Wight at commentary. KK jumps off the commentary table and lariats him down. We go to PiP break and return. 

KK lariats him down. CJ gets his knees up on KK's asai moonsault. CJ shoulders over KK. KK back body drops CJ onto the ramp. KK jumps over the top and flying lariats him on the ramp. KK stomps CJ on the ramp.

CJ AA's KK on the ramp. CJ chases Don Callis around the ring. KK tries a slingshot plancha but CJ knee's him as he flies at him. KK cradles CJ for 2. KK backslides CJ and gets caught with his feet on the ropes. The ref stops KK then CJ tries to pin KK with his feet on the ropes. KK jumping ddt's him. 

KK hits CJ on the buckles. CJ 2nd rope powerbombs KK For 2. CJ crabs KK. Don Callis hits CJ in the head with a screwdriver to break it up. KK coast to coast dropkicks CJ for 2. KK comes off the buckles and CJ codebreakers him for 2. KK kicks CJ low and urange's him. KK then pins him.

Thoughts: They had a couple of moments were a spot could have been done cleaner but it was fine otherwise. Jericho put out a good effort and both guys flew around a lot. Jericho lost as expected here. This maybe got a little too much time.

The Death Riders do a promo. Claudio says he will treat everyone the same in The Continetal Cup. Mox says his run in the tournament could end tonight vs Jack Perry. He asks if Jack is prepared like him and if he lives it like they do. 

Kris Statlander vs Viva Van

Kri wristocks her and Van reverses it. Kris shoulders her over. Van flying headscissors her. Kris slams her and flying headscissors her. Van upkicks Kris then spinning heel kicks her. Van's springboard is blocked. 

Van 2nd rope gordbusters her then top rope dropkicks her. Kris victory rolls her for 2. Van rolls out of a spinning lariat. Kris headflips and superkicks her. Kris spinning lariats her Kris half-package tombstones her and pins her.

Thoughts: Kris was always winning this one and it was just a question of how long it took. It wasn't anything too special but at least Van didn't botch.

Mick Foley interviews Kris in the ring after. He shills his shirt and points out his daughter in the front row. Mick says Kris will face Maya World, Persephone and Shida in a TBS Title 4-Way next week. Kris says she feels ready to fight and feels great. She says she's proud that Maya is the champ. She says she will make Shida and Persephone bend over backwards and shove their heads up their own @sses.  Persephone comes out and laughs on the ramp. Shida then comes out and neither say anything.

Kris is surrounded by the heels a she just stands in the ring. Kris then leaves safely.

Persephone and Hikaru Shida vs Maya World and Thunder Rosa

Maya side headlocks Pers. Pers heads out of the ring then tags out. Shida and Rosa go at it and roll around. Rosa 2nd rope diving armdrags her. Rosa flying headscissors Shida into the ropes. Rosa flying knees Shida from behind on the ropes. Rosa lariats Shida for 2. Shida eye pokes Rosa and rolls her up for 2. 

Rosa does an armdrag + headscissors takeover on the heels. Rosa chops up Pers and chest forearms her. Rosa enzugiri's Pers then dropkicks Shida through the ropes. Pers basement dropkicks Rosa in the head and catapults her throat into the ropes.  

We go to PiP break and return. Pers foot chokes Rosa. Shida knees Rosa in the head. Pers twisting fisherman's neckbreakers Rosa. Rosa hits a double ddt off a double suplex attempt. Rosa double lariats the heels.

Maya tags in and top rope dropkicks the heels. Maya hits fying back elbows. Maya fallaway slams Pers while trying a bridge pin on Shida. Maya crossbodies Pers off the apron. Rosa top rope crossbodies Shida. Shida forearms Rosa down. 

Shida pumping knees Rosa in the jaw. Shida falcon arrows Rosa for 2. Maya forearms the heels. She then rolls Pers and stunners Shida off of it. Shida flying knees Pers on a failed double team. Maya superkicks Shida then fallaway slams her with a bridge. Maya pins Shida.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time and ended up being an okay bout. Shida hit some stiff trikes here and Maya had a clean night. This worked out a lot better than I expected, but didn't do much to put over Pers and Shida as challengers for next week. 

Kris holds up Maya's and Rosa's arms after.

Darby Allin does a promo. He says Kevin Knight attacked him after he lost his title. He says he has no regrets and was burning the candle at both ends as champ. He says Kevin is doing that now as TNT champ. Darby says there's no amount of training Kevin can do for their match. He says Kevin lives up to his potential if he can beat him.  

Kyle Fletcher and Don Callis are interviewed. Kyle says Mike Bailey brings the best out of him but he's still in his title reign. He says he defended his title in 3 countries and wants to do that at Wembley. Don brings in Kazuchika Okada and Kyle will defend his International Title vs Okada and Konosuke Takeshita. Don says there's a 100% chance The Family retains the title. Kyle asks about his chances. Okada says all that matters is that the International Title stays in the family. Don and Okada cheer and Kyle walks off in frustration. 

AEW Continental Challenge Cup First Round Match - Jon Moxley vs Jack Perry

Jack side headlock takeovers Mox. Mox headscissors him and they stand off. Mox trips Jack. Jack chops Mox then flying headscissors him out. Jack dropkicks him through the ropes. Jack goes for a tope and Mox forearms him down. Jack is sent into the post and he bleeds. 

Jack boots Mox and hits chops. Mox bangs Jack's head off the commentary table. Jack tries to shiranui Mox outside but is thrown through the timekeeper's table. We go to PiP break and return. 

Mox slams Jack for 2. Mox hits crossface shots on Jack. Mox rubs Jack's face in the mat and pulls on his cuts.  Mox knees Jack in the face, ties up his leg and pulls hair. Mox headscissors him and ties up his legs. Jack rebound lariats Mox and Mox no sells it. Mox boots him in the face. JP dropkicks Mox out. Jack then topes him twice. Jack tope con hilos him outside. Jack top rope moonsaults him outside. 

Jack top rope elbow drops Mox for 2. Mox running lariats him. Mox gotch style piledrivers him for 2. Mox lariats him down for 2. Mox hits mounted shots on Jack. Jack slaps him and gives him the middle finger. 

Mox hits forearms. Jack rebound lariats him. Jack sunset flips Mox for 2. Jack STF's Mox. Mox escapes and sleepers him. Jack is out and Mox wins.

Thoughts: It was an okay match. Jack sold and bled. They didn't overdo it and Jack had the general idea of what he was supposed to do down. This got a lot of time and I was fine with this one.

They shake hands after.

Overall thoughts: This one went until 10:22PM. The matches were all fine for the most part here. The show was mostly focused on in-ring action as usual. I'd say the main was maybe the best match of the night here. I wouldn't say this did a whole to build up All In though. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 as the show was fine overall, minus the Kenny/Will/Don Callis segment.

New Japan Pro Wrestling 8/6/2026 G1 Climax 36 Day 12

New Japan Pro Wrestling 8/6/2026 G1 Climax 36 Day 12

Day 11 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/new-japan-pro-wrestling-822026-g1.html

Masatora Yasuda & Yuya Uemura vs. United Empire (HENARE & Jakob Austin Young)

The four get in each other's faces before the bell.

Yuya and Hen lock up. Hen poses at him. They trade forearms and Hen taunts him. Hen shoulders him over. Yuya armdrags and dropkicks him. Hen double flying shoulders his opponents. Hen then stomps on Yuya. Masa's head is banged off the buckles and Jake chops him. 

Jake facewash kicks him in the corner then spits on him. Masa hits forearms on Hen and Hen chops him down. Hen sentons him. Yuya comes in and hits forearms on Hen. Yuya forearms him then backdrops him for 2. Hen samoan drop Yuya.

Jake and Masa get in and trade forearms. Masa hiptosses him and slams him for 2. Masa crabs him. They roll each other up for 2 counts. Jake shining wizards him and twisting suplexes him for 2. Hen punches Yuya in the gut. Yuya chops Hen down twice. Hen lariats him.

Masa jack knifes Jae for 2. Jake enzugiri's him then hits a shiranui. Jake pins him.

Thoughts: It was a shorter bout and it's a shame they didn't get more time as I thought they had something going here. This was an acceptable opener and I'm interested to see Henare vs Yuya. 

Aaron Wolf & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. House Of Torture (Dick Togo & Ren Narita)

Wolf's team gets hit as they enter Ren eye rakes Wolf and sends him into the rails. Ren hits Wolf with a chair. Togo stomps Tat in the ring. Togo shoulders Tat over. Tat water wheel drops him for 2. Tat crabs him and Ren breaks it up by choking Tat. Togo kicks Tat in the back.

Togo slams Tat for 2. Togo sharpshooters Tat and Tat ropebreaks. Tat gets his legs split. Tat hits chops on Ren and Rey eye rakes him. Tat dropkicks him. 

Wolf gets in and hits chops on Ren. Wolf corner lariats Ren then suplexes him for 2. Togo comes in and double throat thrusts Wolf before getting slammed. Wolf elbow drops Ren's back. Ren double axe handles Wolf low. Ren hits punches. Wolf shoulder throws him. Tat rolls Ren into a leglock. Tat running euros Ren.

Ren chokes Tat. Tat rolling legbars him. Togo breaks it up with a slingshot swanton. Ren then leglocks Tat and submits him.

Thoughts: It was short and not much of note. The heels cheated as usual and won. 

United Empire (Callum Newman & Zane Jay) vs. Unbound Co. (Gedo & OSKAR)

Newman refuses to come in before the match and sits out in the crowd. The bell rings, Newman goes out and stalls again outside. Newman then tags out and goes outside. Zane eye rakes Gedo in the corner then Gedo chokes him. Gedo eye pokes Zane. Zane thesz presses him and hits mounted shots. Zane then chokes him.

Os gets hold on CN. CN facekicks him and dropkicks him outside. CN runs the ropes then stomps on him. Gedo takes a facekick from CN and Zane gets a 2 count on Gedo. Gedo rolls up Zanr for 2. CN stomps Gedo and kicks him in the chest. CN avoids Os and Zane pulls Os over the top. Gedo flatliners Zane.

Os comes in and shoulders Zane over. Os lariats Zane then sleepers him. Os spinning sleepers Zane. CN kicks Os in the back to break it up. Os then starts pounding on CN. They go into the crowd and fight. They go up into the stands to fight. Os pounds on him and chokes him. They then both get counted out.

Thoughts: It wasn't any good. It was all heel shenanigans and stalling. They heavily pushed that Newman didn't want to fight Oskar all throughout this one.

Newman and Oskar brawl in the stands after. They get broken up a few times and continue the fight down to ringside. Oskar gets the edge.

TMDK (Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr.) vs. Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai & Drilla Moloney)

DM and Zack trade armlocks. DM kips up out of an armlock and wristlocks him. DM arm throws Zack. DM side headlock takeovers him. DM headscissors him. Zack guillotines him in the air and is rammed into the corner. DM rolls him up for 2. Zack twists the ankle.

They each miss kicks and DM dodges a dive at his legs. Nagai and Hart tag in. Nagai hits shoulderblocks and is knocked over. Hart splashes him for 2. Zack euros Nagai down. Hart and Zack hit shots on Nagai in the corner. Nagai hits shots on Hart. 

Hart misses a legdrop and Nagai basement dropkicks him. DM gets in. He trades forearms with Hart. Hart catches his leapfrog. Hart then slams DM. Hart corner splashes and lariats DM. DM slams Hart. 

Nagai comes in. He knocks Zack off the apron then topes him. Nagai slips on a springboard inside and Hart double axe handles him. Nagai running dropkicks him. Nagai dropkicks Hart from behind and spinebusters him.

Nagai goes for a crab on Hart and Hart stops it. Nagai spinning ddt's Hart. Hart back body drops Nagai. Hart low crossbodies Nagai and sentons him for 2. DM kneelifts Hart. Zack and DM euro each other. Zack armbars DM over the top. Nagai rolls up Hart for 2. Hart sentons him and sitout powerbombs him. Hart then pins him.

Thoughts: It was acceptable. Nagai was fun and fiery like usual and Hart put a stop to a lot of it. The Drila/Zach sections weren't bad either. This did mostly get enough time to play out.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - SANADA vs. Yuto-Ice

San is wearing his old blue gear with the stars on it and they say it's because the first match Ice ever saw was Big Daddy Voodoo vs Sanada in AJPW.

San and Ice break early and San clean breaks him. Ice wristlocks him and armlocks him. San hammerlocks him and side headlocks him. Ice shoulders San over. San dropkicks him in the knee and chest. Ice boots San in the head then boots him in the corner. 

Ice running knees San in the corner for 2. San dropkicks Ice in the knee. San magic screws him. Ice drops San with shots then he PK's him. San hits punches on Ice and Ice fires back. Ice slaps him around and punches him down. Ice suplexes San for 2. 

San dropkicks Ice in the knee then shining wizards him. San top rope moonsaults him for 2. Ice high kicks San. San pushes Ice into the ref. Ice chest kicks San down. Yoshinobu Kanemaru comes down, trips San and spits whiskey in Ice's eyes. Ice's throat is then pulled down over the top. Kanemaru gives San a guitar. San hits Ice in the head with a guitar then pretends he got hit with it. The ref does the knockout count for both guys, San gets up and Ice doesn't. San wins via Knockout.

Thoughts: It wasn't good. We had a bunch of shenanigans here that brought down any good will this might have gained. 

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Jake Lee vs. Great-O-Khan

Jake is in clown make-up today. He screws around outside to start. Khan goes after him and gets sent into the rails. Khan kicks the middle rope into Jake's crotch. Jake low blows Khan and kicks him in the butt to end him out. Jake takes his cup out and dances. 

Khan grabs a chair and tries to bring it in. Khan swings it at Jake then Jake pretends Khan hit him with the chair. The ref buys it and Khan is DQ'd.

Thoughts: This was absolute garbage. 

Khan goes to chair Jake's head into a chair after. Jacob Austin Young tries to stop him. Young does and Khan walks out.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Hirooki Goto vs. Ryohei Oiwa

They shoulder battle and trade forearms. Goto side headlocks him. They shoulder battle. Oiwa back elbows him then Goto shoulders him over. Oiwa shoulders him over again. Oiwa side headlock takeovers him. Oiwa keeps the side headlock on. 

Oiwa shoulders Goto over. Oiwa sentons him and side headlocks him. Goto fights back and Oiwa backdrops him for 2. Goto ducks a spinning lariat. They lariat each other and Goto lariats him down. 

Goto spinning heel kicks him and Oiwa side headlocks him. Goto ushigoroshi's him. Goto chest kicks him down and GTW's him. Oiwa rolls him up. Goto headbutts him. Goto goes for another and is side headlocked. Oiwa headbutts him. Goto then taps out to a side headlock.

Thoughts: Nope. I don't buy the side headlock as a finisher. This is NJPW. Dragon suplexes off the top and some of the most dangerous holds known to man couldn't put people down yet somehow a side headlock can. It's bogus. It was sadly what is becoming the usual Oiwa match where Oiwa side headlocks his opponent, his opponent tries to spice it up and Oiwa slows it down. I didn't like this and the finish was stupid. 

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Shingo Takagi vs. Konosuke Takeshita

They lock up and Shingo back hims up in the corner. Shingo knees him in the gut. KT running lariats him then Shingo running lariats him back. They trade forearms. KT hurricanrana's him. Shingo sends him out and throws him into the rails. They fight in the crowd.

They trade forearms in the crowd and KT goes down. KT is sent into the post. Shingo elbow drops him. Shingo sentons him. Shingo knees him in the gut. KT suplexes him. Shingo is thrown out and sent into the rails. KT facekicks him on the rails. KT ddt's him on the floor.

KT forearms him down in the corner. KT headbutts him down. KT then twists the neck. Shingo hits forearms and KT forearms him down. Shingo dragon screws KT. KT is swept on the 2nd rope. Shingo bridging ddt's him then suplexes him for 2. 

Shingo lariats him on the ropes and KT blue thunders him for 2. They trade forearms. KT exploders him then Shingo exploders him back. Both no sell it. KT germans him then takes a half-nelson suplex. They lariat battle then both lariat each other down. KT brainbusters him.

They fight on the apron. KT pumping knees him. Shingo traps his arms and ganso bombs him on the apron. Shingo hits a made in Japan inside and KT kicks out. Shingo hits lariats. KT pumping knees him and poisonrana's him. Shingo then poisonrana's him. Shingo sliding forearms him.

KT lariats him for 1. KT hits a made in Japan for 2. Shingo running lariats him for 2. KT pumping knees him for 2. Shingo falcon arrows him. They trade hearbutts on all 4's and forearm each other. 

They stand up and trade forearms. Shingo headbutts him and lariats him. Shingo running lariats him. Shingo wrist clutch burning hammers him for 2. Shingo hits a last of the dragon and wins.

Thoughts: I hated it. It was just them no selling big moves. While Goto was tapping out to a side headlock, a piledriver on the apron wasn't enough to put down ol' Takeshita here. This also was slower and went longer than it needed to.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Yota Tsuji vs. Oleg Boltin

They lock up. Yota armdrags him into a pin attempt then rolls him up for 2. Oleg shoulders him over. Yota goes out to regroup. Oleg hits chops on him. Oleg throws him on a slam then splashes him. Yota tries a curbstomp but Oleg blocks it. Yota dropkicks him in the knee. 

Yota drops him gut first on the ropes and dropkicks him in the gut. Yota double stomps Oleg's gut. Yota drops Oleg gut first on his knees for 2. Yota forearms him in the gut.

Yota corner splashes him. Yota is caught in mid-air and slammed down. Oleg corner splashes him then hits karelin's lift. Oleg vader bombs him for 2. 

Yota uranage backbreakers him. Yota boots him in the face. Yota giant swings him. Yota orange crushes him for 2. Oleg blocks a curbstomp and rams Yota into the corner. Yota reverse triangles him. Yota top rope double stomps him for 2. Yota chinlocks him.

Yota powerbombs Oleg. Oleg is pushed into the post from the apron. Yota spears him from the apron to the floor. Yota hits 2 sets of pumping knees and spinning muso's him for 2. Oleg powerbombs him. They trade forearms. Yota hits him in the gut and superkicks him. Oleg belly to belly suplexes him then holds on for another for 2.

Oleg germans him and kamikaze's him for 2. Yota crucifixes him then curbstomps him. Yota hits punching knees and headbutts him. Oleg dropkicks him. Oleg kips up and is speared for 2. Yota finlay rolls him for 2. 

Oleg lariats him down. Oleg F-5's him for 2. Oleg yanks him from the ropes and powerbombs him for 2. Yota hurricanrana's him for 2. Yota is hit with 2 powerbombs. Oleg 2nd rope finlay rolls him and pins him.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time and was a slower match. It wasn't that bad or anything but I just didn't enjoy it that much. I think it should have been faster at times and shorter. They didn't go too crazy here at least as Oleg doesn't do stupid stuff. I'd say it was acceptable.

Oleg then talks on the mic after.

Overall thoughts: I thought this was an awful show from NJPW. The undercard had a bunch of HoT nonsense. Oiwa tapped Goto out with a headlock while piledrivers on the apron weren't even enough to put Takeshita away. Khan/Jake Lee was absolute garbage. The main was acceptable, the opener was okay and I liked Hartley Jackson's tag match but it wasn't enough. I'd give this a 3 out of 10 overall as there was some real garbage on this show that brought this down for me. This wasn't good.

WWE LFG 8/9/2026 Season 3, Episode 16

WWE LFG 8/9/2026 Season 3, Episode 16

The last show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/wwe-lfg-892026-season-3-episode-15.html

We see Kali Armstrong running. She says it's a lifestyle and says she still has a world record in the sprint relay.

Matt Bloom, Kevin Owens, Bubba Ray Dudley and Johnny Gargano talk. Johnny has Kali Armstrong vs Chantal Monroe. Bloom says Kali is a generational talent. He says Monroe is trying to get noticed by HBK. Bloom says both are heels and they will have a heel vs heel match. Owens has Romeo Moreno vs Trill London. Bloom says Romeo does too much and doesn't want Trill to get bored with the basics. Kam Hendrix and Harley Riggins take on Elijah Holyfield and Apollo Crews. Bubba wants to work on Elijah and teach him how to sell with his head up. Bubba says he tore into Elijah. 

Chantel Monroe says her and Kali started together and are familiar with the other. Kali says Jazz helped them figure out how to do that. She says Jazz is a legend. Johnny Gargano comes in and says the heel vs heel dynamic is interesting. He says the typical wrestling match is face vs heel and says you let the crowd pick a favorite in this match. Johnny tells them to do their cool stuff.

Kali says they both put on bangers and will bang together. 

Kali Armstrong vs Chantel Monroe

They lock up and go to the ropes. CM hits her and dances. Kali hits some shots back. CM's crossbody is caught. CM backrolls her for 2. Kali pop up slams her for 2. Kali is pulled over the top and has her head banged off the apron.

CM sends Kali into the apron multiple times. CM basement dropkicks her for 2. Kali's head is banged off the buckles. Kali short arm shoulders her over. CM kneelifts her in the gut and meteora's her for 2. Kali hits shots and they swinging facebuster each other. 

CM superkicks her. CM swinging ddt's her and low flying knees her. Kali rolls into a spear on her. Kali flying shoulders her and pins her.

Thoughts: It didn't quite get into the usual heel vs heel match. They did a lot of basic shots here but they looked good and it wasn't bad. 

Johnny talks to the girls after. Monroe says the match went well. Johnny puts the match over. Bloom says he liked the match and said the finish looked good. Monroe says she thinks she has everything to be a WWE superstar.

We see Trill London and Romeo Moreno practice. Romeo talks about changing his name. Trill says him and Romeo are the same and it will be a good done. Trill says he's been dealing with injuries and he's happy to be back. 

Kevin Owens says Trill and Romeo don't get the most out of what they do. He tells them to make everything look like a struggle. 

Romeo Moreno vs Trill London

Trill has been gone from WWE for months now.

They lock up and RM side headlock takeovers him and Trill puts him in a headscissors. They repeat the headlock takeover > headscissors spot with the roles reversed. RM armdrags him into an armlock. RM dropkicks him. Trill hits armdrags. 

Trill dropkicks him through the ropes. RM springboard dropkicks him. Trill hits punches. Trill back elbows him and RM bangs Trill's leg over his shoulder. RM half crabs him and pulls back on the leg. 

Trill flips out of a monkey flip and lariats him. Trill hits back elbows. Trill rolling sentons him. Trill then tope con hilos him outside. Trill top rope swantons him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a face vs face juniors match. I agree with Owens and Gargano complaining about Trill's selling. This was all action here with them keeping things moving. I thought it alright enough.

Owens says they got the wrestler out of the way to do the cool stuff. Owens says what they do should be reactionary. Owens says their flying looks impressive. Owens says he sees a lot of himself in Romeo. Matt Bloom wants them to register the shots they take. Bloom says Trill's strikes aren't good and look too soft. 

Trill wants to get a rivalry going with Romeo after and says he's his best friend.

Bubba talks to the wrestlers in the tag match. Bubba talks to Elijah about selling with his head up and making eye contact. Bubba talks to the wrestlers as they practice the match. He starts complaining from the start. Riggins agrees with his complaints. Bubba tells the other wrestlers to pick up Elijah's face for him if he doesn't. Bubba says he gave them the best opportunity to succeed. 

Kam Hendrix and Harley Riggins vs Elijah Holyfield and Apollo Crews

Crews has been fired for a while now.

We are at the NXT arena for this. Bubba complain's about Kam's movements. Eli is distracted by HR and hit from behind by Kam. Kam elbows Eli in the neck. Eli double shoulders both opponents over. Eli slams his opponents. HR atomic drops Eli then hits a nice shoulderblock. 

HR forearms Eli from behind twice. HR running back elbows Eli in the corner then basement dropkicks him. Kam knee drops Eli and atomic drops him. Eli atomic drops him in return. 

HR comes in and throws Eli down backwards. Eli sleepers HR on the mat. Eli punches HR down but Kam pulls AC down from the apron. HR flying lariats Eli. Kam stomps on Eli and slams him. Kam lariats HR on accident. AC gets tagged in. AC lariats Kam and HR down.

AC corner splashes the heels and flying lariats HR. AC then kips up. AC germans Kam and powerslams HR for 2. Eli throws Kam out. Eli uppercuts HR and drops him. AC top rope frogsplashes HR and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a fun little match here. HR was effective as usual as a heel and faces had a nice comeback at the end.

Bubba talks to the wrestlers after and says it was very good. Harley says they eat better, look better and are just better. Crews says he looks forward to the next one.

Shawn Michaels talks to Crews and Elijah. Shawn says they want Elijah to go down to AAA. He says the possibilities could be unlimited there. Eli says he's excited and said LFG has been amazing for him. He says it threw him into the fire fast. 

Overall thoughts: We had 3 new matches here and all of them were fine. They did simple stuff in Kali/Monroe but it looked good and it worked. Moreno/Trill was all flying and I was fine with it. The main was fun and got some good reactions from the crowd. There's nothing you need to see here and it was pretty similar to other LFG shows this season, but what we got here was fine. This was an okay show.

TNA Xplosion 8/7/2026

TNA Xplosion 8/7/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/tna-xplosion-7312026.html

There was no Around the Ring this week. The only new content is this:

Brian Johnson talks before his match. He says the legacy of this company was built on the backs of some of the greatest performers of this time. He mocks Kuro and says he has a future that an make an impact. He says he will slap Kuro so hard that he will think this ring has 6 sides to it. He says if you start a list on the future of this company, it starts and ends with him. He says he is "The Mecca" Brian Johnson.

Kuro vs Brian Johnson

Kuro wears a full mask out that doesn't show his face or head at all.

BJ knees him in the gut and Kuro running boots him from the side. Kuro drops him chest first on the mat then double stomps his back. BJ ducks a lariat and goes out. BJ kind of rips him with the ring skirt when he's on the apron. BJ punches him on the mat and sends him hard into the corner.

BJ hits short arm lariats. BJ running lariats him for 2. Kruo backslides him then rolls him up for 2. Kuro then lifts him from that position and sitout bombs him. Kuro pump kicks him and la silla's him in the corner. Kuro falcon arrows him for 2.

BJ pulls Kuro's throat into the ropes. BJ sits up top and is dropkicked. Kuro top rope spanish flies him but BJ gets his feet up on the ropes. BJ pulls Kuro's throat down over the top rope and slingshot splashes him. Kuro nearly hits the ref, gets eye poked and takes a twisting neckbreaker on the face. BJ pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't like it. This is a dark match and they are doing spanish fly kickouts. That shouldn't happen. Kuro didn't really impress and just kind of looked like a typical junior heavyweight. Brian tried to heel it up a little at least.

Overall thoughts: There was only one new match here. I didn't think it was that good. There was no other new content here. You don't need to see this one, but you can get through the new content here is only 6 minutes. 

WWE NXT 8/11/2026

WWE NXT 8/11/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/wwe-nxt-842026.html

We are in Orlando, FL. Vic Joseph and Booker T are on commentary.

Lizzy Rain is looking for Shawn Spears in the back. Izzi Dame and Niko Vance laugh and say, "We told you he'd do this".

The Culling (Izzi Dame and Niko Vance) vs Lizzy Rain and EK Prosper

Shawn Spears doesn't come out with Rain.

LR hits shots on Izzi and Izzi back elbows her down. The ref then rings the bell. LR dropkicks Izzi. Izzi facekicks her down and hits corner spears. They trade forearms. LR springboard back elbows her.

Niko tags in. EK Prosper then comes out. EK asai moonsaults Niko outside. EK springboard crossbodies and Niko rolls back with him. EK hits shots on Niko. EK dropkicks Niko for 2.

EK pump kicks him and Niko drops him. EK dropkicks him. The girls get in and LR enzugiri's Dame. The faces hit stereo chop flurries in the corners then hit stereo tornado ddt's. EK topes Niko. Izzi sweeps LR on the apron. Izzi swings her head into the steps.

We go to PiP break and return. LR hits back elbows on Izzi then high kicks her. LR suplexes Izzi. LR top rope hurricanrana's Izzi down. LR death valley rivers Izzi for 2. Niko breaks the pin up.

EK enzugiri's Niko and Izzi lariats LR. Izzi crucifix bomb's EK. Niko top rope diving headbutts EK for 2. EK stunners Niko. EK boots Niko out of the corner and top rope swantons him. LR is launched up in the air by Niko and Izzi sitout powerbombs LR off of it for 2.

Izzi neckbreakers LR over the back and LR cutters him. LR flying euros Izzi. LR hits her thunderstuck on Niko and EK shining wizard's Niko. EK top rope moonsaults Niko and pins him.

Thoughts: I hated this. This was a handicap mixed match where the sexes can't hit each other. Make sense of that. Oh yeah, then the women hit the men anyway and the ref did nothing about it. 

We see clips of the locker room congratulating Tavion and Borne for winning the tag titles last week. Nima says loyalty is worth more than any titles. Legacy accuses Dux of wanting a tag title shot. Tav says the NXT tag division is underrated and says they will be fighting champs. Tav says it's anyplace, anywhere and anybody. Romeo Moreno wants to challenge and Dar stops him.

Kendal Grey is being worked on in the back and has ear taped up.

EK Prosper and Lizzy Rain are interviewed. EK says the men's division needs to step it up and that's what he's doing. Kali Armstrong then takes the mic and comes out. Kali tells Kendal Grey she wants her title shot.

Kelani Jordan comes out and says no. KJ says she pinned her and says Kali will get behind her in line. KJ says she's next in line for the title. Kendal Grey then comes out with Wren Sinclair. 

KG says KJ's been saying the same thing for months now and they are tired of her complaints. KG says KJ got knocked out in NXT Underground and she beat the queen of the underground. She then gives KJ a contract for a title shot. KG tells her to pick a time and place. Wren tells KG she's not 100%. Kali asks when she will get her title shot and KG says after KJ gets hers. KJ says she can choose when this match happens and she chooses NXT Heatwave. KG says KJ will find out she can't keep up with her.

Kali says "hell naw" and she wants a title shot. Kali swings at Wren but nails KG in her injured ear. Wren hits Kali and KJ and Kali beat up Wren. Refs then come out to stop this.

Cruz Montana talks to Robert Stone and says he will earn his shot at the title. Keanu Carver comes in and complains about people coming in and getting a title shot. Keanu wishes Cruz good luck. Stone asks Keanu why he's been acting like this. Keanu says he's figuring things out. He says his match against EK was smooth last week and he's got more coming. He says Stone hasn't seen nothin' yet.

Dion Lennox vs Saquon Shugars

SS goes up and over Dion then dropkicks him for 2. SS pounds on Dion. SS hits chops. SS rolls him up for 2. SS backbreakers him into a flatliner for 2. SS low dropkicks him. SS dropkicks him through the ropes. 

Dion back elbows him. SS is thrown into the 2nd rope. Dion lariats SS from behind for 2. Dion sleepers him. Dion euros him down. Dion northern lights suplexes him for 2. Dion sleepers him.

Dion misses a corner charge. SS back elbows him and lariats him. SS knees him in the gut. SS flying back elbows him from behind on the ropes. SS triangle crossbodies him on the apron. Griffin and Cutler go up to SS outside and SS grabs his bat. Dion grabs the bat and SS high kicks him. Dion's buddies pull SS down onto the commentary table. Dion emerald flowsion's SS and pins him.

Thoughts: The feud that never ends continued here. It didn't get any more over than last time and it was a shorter and no so special match.

Darkstate beat up Shugars after. Shugars is thrown into a powerbomb. 

Robert Stone talks to Rey Mysterio on the phone. Rey asks what's next for the AAA/NXT relationship. Stone says Rey Fenix can defend his title on NXT and he will book a 4-way #1 Contender's match for it. Rey Mysterio says EK Prosper should be in it then he recommends La Parka for the match too. Rey says Stone can pick the final 2.

Saquon Shugars is being worked on by a doc. Grayson Waller comes in. GW yells at him for making jokes and says he needs to do something about Darkstate running over him. Shugars then grabs his bat and a chair.

WWE NXT Women's North American Title - Zaria (c) vs Wren Sinclair

Wren backrolls Zar then rolls her up again. Zar shoulders her and sends her shoulder first into the buckles. Zar totally misses a pump kick on the ropes for 2. Zar butt drops Wren's arm.

Wren rolls up Zar for 2. Wren shoulders her over and bangs her face off the mat for 2. Zar pump kicks Wren for 2. Zar boots her out of the corner and sends her shoulder into first into the buckles. Zar hanging sleepers Wren from the buckles. Wren pulls Zar's arm down over the top rope. Wren tries to dropkick her under the bottom rope but mostly misses.

We go to PiP break and return. Zar blocks Wren's sunset flip and bangs her face off the mat. Zar boots Wren in the face. Wren takes her down and pounds on her. Wren chops Zar. Zar shoves her down. Wren 2nd rope crossbodies her. Wren lariats Zar and double underhook suplexes her. 

Zar lariats Wren and headbutts her from behind. Zar germans Wren. Wren sunset flips her for 2. Zar spinning lariats her. Wren takes a big spear. Saquon Shugars comes out and hits Dion Lennox with a bat. They get in the ring and Shugars crossbodies him over the top. Cutler James comes in the ring and Wren dropkicks a chair into his face. Zar F-5's Wren and pins her.

Thoughts: It wasn't good at all. Wren didn't hit anything clean and missed on most of her offense. Then we had a lame finish with Darkstate running into the ring at the end.

Shiloh Hill does a video. He says he went to the doctor and says his bones are healing fast. He says he can wrestler a lot sooner than planned. He says he then wrestled with masks this weekend. We then see him with various masks. He says the fog is coming and talks about Naraku. He says his poison fog comes in different colors with different effects. He says he will try to find some and test the colors out.

Mason Rook vs Kam Hendrix

Rook forearms him down twice. Rook slams him and back body drops him and Kam goes out. Rook back body drops him again. rook's throw is pulled down over the ropes and his head is rammed into the 2nd buckle. Kam pounds on him and boots him in the head.

Kam corner lariats him then rolls into a lariat on him for 1. Kam punches MR in the back. Rook hits chops. Kam spinebusters him for 2. Rook's face is banged off the mat. Kam hits superman punches and forearms. Rook hits punches and corner enzugiri's him. Rook crossbodies him. Rook hits corner splashes and slams Kam.

Rook sentons him. Rook release germans him. Rook corner splashes him from behind then blue thunders him for 2. Kam has pulled the top buckle pad off. Rook is sent face first into the exposed buckle. Kam pins him after a showtime kick.

Thoughts: It was fine. rook did some good stuff for his size. Kam took some nice back body drop bumps here.

The Vanity Project talk to Robert Stone in the back. Tavion and Borne walk in. Smokes wants his rematch tonight. Stone says if Drake can beat Borne last week, he gets an N-A Title shot and Swipe Right get a tag title shot. If Drake loses, he gets nothing. Borne asks if he has to wrestle twice in the same night. Brad tries to get Borne to do it. Borne says if Drake wins, he will wrestle twice in one week. Stone then says Drake will face Shiloh Hill to determine this.

Bronco Nima wants to go to the ring with Lucien Price but Price says he's got this.

Lexis King vs Lucien Price

King offers a handshake and chops him. Price no sells the chops. King boots him out of the corner. King comes off the 2nd rope and is chopped down. King goes up and over and Price headbutts him. King flying knees Price then double stomps his arm. King codebreakers the arm.

King armbars Price. King goes for a triangle and Price powerbombs him down. Price lariats and superkicks him. Price throws him. King superkicks him and top rope twisting crossbodies him. Price backbreakers King.

King kitchen sink's Price from behind. Price one arm powerbombs him and pins him.

Thoughts: I liked it. Price looked big and bad here and him busting King's chest open with a chest was pretty cool. Price made some goofy noises here and I thought it was someone throwing up in my house.

Wren and Kendal talk to Stone. Wren wants another match with Zaria. Stone says he has to think about it. Wren offers up a Unification Match with her title vs Zaria's N-A Title. Stone then sets up Grey and Wren vs Kali and Kelani.

Thea Hail and Jaida Parker talk. Jaida said they had the number of Nattie's crew last week. Thea says she wants Nattie. Jaida says Nattie isn't as easy as she looks and she doesn't want her to have to go through that. Thea says she feels good now. Jaida wishes her luck and says she will be there for her.

Romeo Moreno tells Noam Dar he can't be in the Fatal Four Way next week. Romeo says he doesn't want to abandon his team with Dar. Dar says it'll be a fiesta when he wins. Tristan Angels comes in. He says he's the 4th guy in that match. He says he will extinguish Rey Fenix's flame and will beat him, EK and La Parka. 

#1 Contender's Match - Grayson Waller vs Cruz Montana

Tony D'Angelo is on commentary. 

GW hits leg kicks and they hockey fight. GW hits shots in the corner and Cruz lariats him down. Cruz suplexes GW. GW elbows him in the corner. GW dropkicks him in the back of the neck. GW suplexes him for 2. 

Cruz forearms him and is facekicked. GW hits him while he's down. Cruz slaps him and is dropkicked. Cruz chops him in the corner. GW is catapulted into the buckles and Cruz drops him on his chest. Cruz sentons him. Cruz then topes him into the commentary table.

We go to PiP break and return. GW is up top and Cruz superplexes him down. Cruz hits punches and flying lariats him. Cruz enzugiri's him. GW jumping knees him and Cruz hits doi fives. GW spinning forearms him. Cruz death valley drivers him for 2. Cruz backrolls into a cutter on GW. 

Cruz pump kicks him off the apron and GW stops his dive attempt. GW rolls in and flatliners him for 2. Cruz back elbows him. GW jumping curbstomps him from behind for 2. GW 2nd rope elbow drops him for 2. GW running boots him.

GW comes off the buckles and is atomic dropped. Vic accidentally calls Cruz "Santana". GW stunners Cruz over the 2nd rope. GW rolls in and takes a hard spinning lariat. Zilla Fatu then comes in and pop-up samoan drops Cruz for the no contest.

Thoughts: These two are similar wrestlers who both do a lot of unnecessary rolls on each move and do some weird offense. It went okay but then Zilla Fatu made his debut and ended the match. Fatu is like a younger and less athletic Jacob Fatu, but he has his intensity and I think he'll be fine. It doesn't really hurt that he's related to like 5 other top people in the company either. Waller's curbstomp was cool here.

Fatu flying samoan spikes GW down then top rope splashes Cruz and GW. Zilla then stares down Tony and says he needs that (at his title). He says "new champ" and says get ready. 

Overall thoughts: The opener made no sense whatsoever. Dion/Shugars did not impress and that feud just won't die. Wren had a bad night vs Zaria. Price/King was fine. The main event was going alright but then Zilla Fatu debuted and ended it. We had a ton going on backstage as usual. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as there was some lows in the ring tonight and the show didn't impress overall. It was average.

WWE LFG 8/9/2026 Season 3, Episode 15

WWE LFG 8/9/2026 Season 3, Episode 15

There was no show last week due to Summerslam. The last show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/wwe-lfg-7262026-season-3-episode-14.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/wwe-lfg-892026-season-3-episode-16.html 

We see Nikkita Lyons' house. She says she's a pro-wrestler and pro frolicker. Her house has witch and hippie stuff in it. She talks about her injuries and got one of them just from jumping down from the apron. Another happened after she took a top rope double stomp to the back. She wondered if she's not supposed to do this. 

We see her giving bread to a raccoon. She says everything she went through turned her into what she thought she could be. 

The coaches of Matt Bloom, Johnny Gargano, Kevin Owens and Booker T talk. Owens has Harlem Lewis vs Harley Riggins. Bloom says both are alpha's and they want to see how they co-exist. Johnny has Nikkita Lyons vs Layla Diggs. Bloom says Lyons has to be the face. Booker has Tristan Angels vs Dorian Van Dux. This is the 2nd time they faced each other this season. Booker says Dux doesn't look like a flippy guy. They then try to do the hands in thing and Booker almost goes for it.

Owens talks to Harley and Harlem. KO says they can't spit on each other due to TV rules. KO says Lewis has to make Harley respect him in this match. We see them work on the match.  KO says both guys look imposing. KO says Lewis tries to be intimidating instead of just being intimidating. 

Harlem Lewis vs Harley Riggins

We are at the Evolve arena for this. Lewis backs him up in the corner and they roll on the ropes. Lewis drops him with a forearm and drives him in the corner. Lewis hits corner spears and back body drops him. Lewis lariats him over the top. 

HR rams him back first into the apron edge. HR elbow drops him. HR is lariated over the top and then thrown in from the apron. Lewis corner spears him. HR goes up and over and backcrackers him. HR stomps on his back off the bottom rope.

Lewis euros and forearms him. HR low dropkicks him. Lewis backsplashes him. HR tilt-a-whirl slams him and 2nd rope twisting swantons him for 2. HR half-crabs him. Lewis hits forearms and short arm lariats. Kam Hendrix gets on the apron and Lewis grabs Kam. HR runs into Kam and Lewis jackahmmers HR. Lewis pins HR.

Thoughts: It was average. It didn't get a ton of time and didn't really impress here. They could have connected a little more on some of the shots. I do like what HR does though.

Kevin Owens says they were lacking intensity and says they didn't have a flow going. Owens says they need to pretend it's real. Lewis says Owens craps on their matches and he thinks Owens thinks they suck. Lewis says it bothers him and it makes him leave upset. Owens says he doesn't care and he just tells them what he thinks. 

Matt Bloom says they did okay and it looked like they were having fun. Matt wants them to pick the pace up and liked Lewis' backcracker sell. 

Riggins then greets his family. They say he trained himself on the trampoline. Riggins says the NFL didn't work out and he was working in a factory. He says it was a good moment for them to be in the center of attention.  

Johnny Gargano talks to Nikkita Lyons and Layla Diggs. Lyons says she started as a face and turning heel helped her find herself. Johnny says she can do the same stuff, just in a different manner. He says you are in a box as a face. Diggs says she was nervous as a heel. 

Nikkita Lyons vs Layla Diggs

Diggs rolls out of a lock up twice. Diggs walks on her. Lyons wristlocks her and Diggs reverses it. Lyons flips her by the arm and slams her twice. Diggs misses a slingshot splash and Lyons stands on her. Diggs throws her down backwards and splashes the arm. 

Lyons is sent shoulder first into the buckles. Lyons rolls her up for 2. Diggs leg lariats her and elbow drops her arm. Diggs standing moonsaults the arm. Diggs then misses a standing moonsault.

They hit each other. Diggs hits sots to the gut. Lyons lariats her and chest kicks her. Lyons flying forearms her in the corner. Lyons then does a reverse bronco buster. Lyons suplexes her for 2. Lyons hits kicks to the body and tiger drivers her for the win.

Thoughts: It was a decent bout. Layla worked the arm before going down and things went pretty well. Diggs looked better here as a heel than she did as a face.

Gargano talks to the girls after. Diggs says the match went well but she needs to work on her cardio. Gargano says you can catch your breath easier as a heel. Matt Bloom asks if they had fun. Bloom says Diggs could have had more fun with her heeling in the opening section. Bloom complains about Diggs selling. Bloom say it was a good math but it was weird to see them swap roles.

Dorian Van Dux says his new name is the start of his WWE career. He says the name comes from Dorian Yates and Jean Claude Van Damme. Booker picks up on it and says wrestling is picking up pieces from various things and combining them. Booker tells them to practice their match and says he will change all of it. Angels says they have 5 minutes in the ring in LFG and it's hard to have time to kill. Booker says it's not killing time but measuring it.  Booker wants them to pose before going up top. 

Before the match, Booker tells them to slow it down and get it done. 

Dorian Van Dux vs Tristan Angels

We are at the NXT arena for this.

TA side headlocks him and full nelson's him. Dux full nelson's him in return. TA puts his feet on the ropes and Dux let's got. TA knees him in the gut and chops him. Dux flying headscissors him and TA goes out. 

Dux then teases a dive and springboard dropkicks him off the apron. Dux enzugiri's him from the apron then Dux is crotched up top. TA top rope superplexes him for 2. TA suplexes him for 1. TA backbrekaers him for 2.

TA kneels on his back and pulls his chin and face. Dux is on the 2nd rope and and TA double stomps him down. Dux hurricanrana's him off a powerbomb attempt. Dux lariats him hard then hits more lariats Dux frearms him in the back of the neck. 

Dux goes up top and is enzugiri'd. Dux gordbusters him from the top. Dux top rope ssp's him and pins him.

Thoughts: I don't think they did what they were supposed to do here at all. It could have been slowed down a lot at various times but the actual match wasn't bad.

Shawn Michaels and Bloom tells them god job.

Booker liked Dux's entrance and likes the energy he has. He says the beginning was good and says they rushed. TA doesn't think they had enough time not to rush. Booker says it seemed like they wanted to get the spot in. Booker says he saw Dux thinking and didn't see him being in the moment. Booker says Angels needs t be the improv. Booker tells them to work with him and they will get there. Booker says good job.

Dux says he knows everything to get to the next level. 

Overall thoughts: It was the usual LFG with 3 new matches. They officially announced that all LFG matches have a 5 minute time limit and that explains why they are so short. The main was the best match on the show and the women's match was the second best. There was nothing you needed to see here but it's not the worst watch ever if you want to see something wrestling related that isn't too storyline heavy

WWE Monday Night Raw 8/10/2026

WWE Monday Night Raw 8/10/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/wwe-monday-night-raw-832026.html

We are in Norfolk, VA. Michael Cole and Corey Graves are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arrive. 

The commentators talk about Fatu being up Royce Keys last week. Keys has a cervical sprain and a bruised larynx. He's out indefinitely.

Solo Sikoa comes out from the crowd signing Jey Uso's theme. Solo says Bloodline took out Keys and he's here to handle some business. Jey Uso interrupts and comes out. Solo dances to Jey's theme.

Jey asks if Solo wants to do this in front of everyone. Jey says Solo knows how to fix this and says Solo needs to fall in line. Solo asks how falling in line worked for him. Solo says it looks like Jey fell off. Solo says Jey was world champ, won The Rumble and beat Gunther. He says that's all out the window and it sucks to be Jey now. 

Solo says he won't come back to the family and he loves where he's at. He says everyone here does too. Solo then gets a rare chant. Jey tells him to shut up and says he raised him. Jey says Solo is here because of The Bloodline. Jey says they will handle this in a one on one match tonight. Jey says when he wins, Solo is coming back to Bloodline and says this is his warning shot. 

Solo pretends to duck and asks if anyone got shot. Solo says he accepts. He says when he beats Jey, The Bloodline can leave him alone. He says this is Jey's warning shot. 

Thoughts: Solo did good here in one of his first face promos. We'll see if he can keep it up.

Penta does a promo. He says every match in the tournament takes his one step closer to Mexico City. He says Laredo Kid will have find out tonight. Laredo Kid says he knows Penta and respects what he can do. He says he will show him what he can do and says nothing can stop him. Penta says he will win the tournament as he wants Roman. 

The Uso's and Jacob Fatu talk in the back. Fatu ask Jey what he has going on out there. Jey says he's handling the Solo problem. Fatu says Jey's running his own play and ignoring them and Roman. Jey says he will do something he didn't do in handling Solo. Fatu says Solo is only coming back if Jey gets the win tonight.

World Heavyweight Title #1 Contender's Tournament - Penta vs Laredo Kid

Penta offers a handshake and Kid says no. Penta wristlocks him and Kid headflips out. Kid waistloc ktakedowns him and Penta armdrags him. Penta side headlocks him. Kid backrolls and gets kicked. Kid enzugiri's Penta out of the corner and top rope dropkicks him. 

Penta enzugiri's him on a tope attempt and top rope crossbodies him. Penta flying headscissors him out. Kid top rope moonsaults him outside. Kid hit 2 corkscrew moonsaults off the buckles. We go to break and return.

Penta boots him out of the corner and superkicks him. Penta slingblade facebusters him and tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. Penta handstand double pendulum kicks him in the corner for 2. Kid poisonrana's him. Kid top rope 450's him for 2. 

Penta superkicks him. Penta goes up and over and backcrackers him for 2. They trade chops for forearms. Penta superkicks him. Kid slaps him. Penta superkicks him. Penta tope con hilos him outside. Penta hits a made in Japan for 2. Kid michinoku drivers him. Kid misses a top rope cancun tornado. Penta pins him with a canadian destroyer. 

Thoughts: At least the canadian destroyer finished things here. I didn't like this so much as there was basically no selling at all. It was all action here with a lot going on.

The Vision are interviewed (Dupri, Theory, Logan and Bron). Logan says Alpha Academy are losers and beneath them. Max says Tozawa doesn't stand a chance vs Austin. Austin says he will gift Tozawa and @ss whooping. He says he's got what he deserves in Max and the tag title. Bryon Saxton asks if Bron wants to say anything. Byron asks what he thinks of Oba Femi. Bron asks if he thinks he's the future. Byron says Brock Lesnar said that. Bron says Byron sounds like Paul and looks disgusted.

Austin Theory vs Akira Tozawa

Akira jumps on him and is back elbowed. Austin hits corner spears then puts Akira's headband on. Akira 2nd rope diving headscissors him. Akira goes for a tope but is lariated. Austin hits mounted shots on Akira. 

Akira punches back and Austin double underhook suplexes him for 2. Austin chinlocks him. Austin backbreakers Akira. Akira is sent hard into the buckles and goes down. Akira's face is banged off the mat. Austin stomp Akira and stands on his neck.

Austin back elbows him down. Akira takes a half nelson backbreaker. We go to break and return. Akira is down and Austin asks if he wants a kiss. Max then kisses Austin. Akira is popped up and he ddt's him in the ring. 

Akira flying facekicks Austin then shining wizards him. Akira sentons him. Akira hits chest kicks and superkicks him. Austin drops him with a hard forearm and pins him.

Thoughts: It was an okay bout here. Austin hit a great forearm to end this one. Akira got his little comeback in on this one and got put down as expected.

Austin clubs on Akira after and bangs his face off the mat. Austin grabs a chair and Adam Pearce runs out and takes it from him. Bron Breakker then goes to speak Akira. Oba Femi comes out before he can. 

Oba Femi comes out and boots Austin when Austin runs at him. Oba gets in to go up top Bron. Adam Pearce and various officials break it up. 

Rey Mysterio is interviewed. Rey puts over Penta vs Laredo. Dragon Lee comes in and thanks Rey for the chance to wrestle in the tournament tonight. Dom Mysterio comes in and asks why he's not in the tournament. Rey says he didn't need another handout as that's how he became a jack@ss. Lee says he will talk Pearce and fix this then see Dom in the ring. Dom says he will see him in the ring and show him why he's the greatest Mysterio of all time.

Stephanie Vaquer comes out to talk. She says she misses the ring and the fans. She says she misses Judgment Day getting scared when they see her coming. Steph says she will take out Judgment Day one by one. She says she beat Raquel many times and says Perez is a dead woman. She says she knows Liv is scared and she should be. She says they both know the title belongs to her. 

Becky Lynch comes out. She greets SV and SV asks what she wants. She says she wants to beat the p!ss out of Liv Morgan too. She says Liv is taking the time machine back to the 2000's and she worked too hard for that. She says she doesn't know much about SV and says SV likes it that way. She says she made a big impact on Raw. She says SV is gone more than she is here. She says she doesn't know if she is a bad@ss or her body gives up so her mind doesn't have to. She says the title doesn't need more bad luck. 

She says she will cheer her on against Liv. She says championship matches are her domain and she doesn't deserve the title. She says the title deserves her. SV says she doesn't care and says she will show her what she's all about if she gets in her way. SV then leaves.

Liv Morgan then nails Becky from behind and pounds on her. Becky exploders Liv. SV tries to hit Liv, misses then goes face to face with Becky. 

LA Knight is interviewed. He says Roman Reigns says the same boring stuff each week. LA says his watches tell the same time as Roman's and tell him that Roman doesn't have the guts to face him. LA then says he wants in the tournament. 

Solo Sikoa comes in. He asks if LA saw what happened to Keys. Solo says the same thing could happen to him then they will come for LA. LA says their team was a one time thing. Solo says he knows LA doesn't need his help but he tried to warn him.

Dominik Mysterio vs Dragon Lee

Lee dropkicks him to start and pounds on him in the corner. Dom dropkicks him and stomps on him in the corner. Lee and Dom chop each other in the corner. Lee flying headscissors Dom. Lee hits combinacion cabron in the corner. 

Dom facekicks him. Dom back elbows him. Lee blocks a sunset flip and double stomps Dom for 2. Lee rolls him up for 2. Lee cradles him for 2. Dom lariats him down. Dom chops him in the corner. Lee lands awkwardly outside and Dom springboard triangle plancha's him outside.

We go to break and return. Dom knees him in the gut and Lee running back elbows him. Lee superkicks him. Lee tornado ddt's him for 2. Dom goes out and Lee tope con hilos him. Dom 619's him under the bottom rope outside. 

Lee rebound germans him and superkicks him. Dom michinoku drivers him for 2. Dom is in tree of woe and Lee top rope double stomps him. Lee is tripped into the ropes and Dom 619's him. Dom top rope splashes him but Lee gets his knee up. Lee destino's him and pins him.

Thoughts: And this is a problem with WWE running two different promotions. Dom shouldn't have lost here as he has a title in AAA but he did. It was an okay high flying match here but nothing too memorable. 

Big Cass comes in and facekicks Lee down after. Cass bearhugs him and black hole slams him off of it. Je'Von Evans comes out and hits shots on Cass. Evans superkicks him, springboards and is swatted down with a shot. Cass running facekicks Evans.

Byron interviews Sol Ruca. Sol says she's been in the Judgment Day vortex and she's sick of it. She says it's all about revenge tonight. she says she's going back for what's hers - the Women's IC Title. Danhausen comes in. Dan says he's in as her partner tonight for a discount. Sol says the spot has been taken. Dan then asks Byron for money.

LA Knight talks to Adam Pearce in the back. LA says Roman isn't a fraud but a liar and a coward. LA says he can enter the tournament and get a lucha mask if he needs him to. Adam says when the tournament is over, he will try to get him a way to work himself in the #1 contender's spot.

Jacob Fatu comes in and says LA keeps talking about him and his family. LA tells him to get permission from Fatu. Fatu tells him to shut his mouth and threatens him.

Sol Ruca and Iyo Sky vs The Judgment Day (Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez) 

Iyo is Sol's mystery partner. A lot of people thought it would be Lola Vice.

RR throws Sol off the waistlock. Sol side headlocks her. Sol forearms her in the chest and dropkicks her in the chest. RR throws her off of her. RR hits back elbows in the corner. RP running euros Sol in the corner. RP stomps on Sol. RP slaps Sol.

RP yanks on Sol's arm. Sol superkicks her in the gut then backsplashes her. Iyo basement dropkicks RP and RP eats a senton. Iyo running back elbows RP. RP eye rakes Sol. RR facekicks Sol down. Sol and Iyo dropkick their opponents out. Iyo's tope is caught by RR. Sol 2nd rope moonsaults them over. RP dives on the faces from the apron.

We go to break and return. RR boots Sol in the gut. Sol jawbreaker her then RR lariats her. Sol tries to do a facebuster off a suplex. Iyo armdrags RP twice then shotei's her. Iyo swings RR's boot into RP's face. Iyo meteora's RR against the post. Iyo top rope dropkicks RP. 

Iyo double underhook backbreakers her for 2. Iyo misses a corner charge. Iyo tornado ddt's RR. Sol hits a running knee then RP hurricanrana's Sol over the top. RR reverse suplexes Iyo. RR slingshot suplexes Iyo and RP double jump asai moonsaults Iyo. 

Sol lariats RR over the top. RP dropkicks Sol. Iyo germans RP. Iyo corner meteora's RP. Sol germans RP. Iyo jawbreakers RR on the apron. Iyo asai moonsaults RR outside. RP rolls up Sol for 2. RP spin kicks Sol in the gut. Sol flips out of a code red. Sol superkicks RP then hits a sol snatcher. Sol then pins RP.

Thoughts: I liked the match and thought it was okay. Sol finally had a good night and there was a bunch of flying here. Iyo had some exciting moments and this worked out well. They should do this one again.

Bron Breakker talks to Paul Heyman in the back. Bron asks if Paul saw that with Oba. Bron says Oba got in his face again. Bron asks Paul if Oba is the future of WWE. Paul says he has great love for Bron and says he respects Oba. He says Oba did everything he said he would do to Brock. Bron says that's not what he asked and he asks him again. Paul says he thinks Bron thinks Oba is the future of WWE. He says that's the problem. Paul says he will keep respecting Oba until Bron shows him why Oba is not worthy of his respect. Bron says okay.

Rey Mysterio talks to Penta. Chad Gable interrupts. Chad puts over Penta's performance. Penta leaves. Chad says he wants to talk to Rey and says everything he did in AAA has been amazing. He says it'd be his honor to defend his IC Title against Rey. Rey says he might be AAA's GM, but he has a lot in the tank and he will be honored to face him. 

Lyra talks to Sol Ruca and Iyo Sky in the back. Lyra mocks them and says Sol is ready to backflip her way back to her IC Title. Lyra asks if Sol thinks she's better than her. Lyra tells her she will regret it if she gets in the way of her.

Jey Uso vs Solo Sikoa

Solo is delivered to Roman Reigns if he loses and Bloodline leaves him alone if he wins.

They lock up and Solo shoves him back. Sol then does his "yeet" taunt. Solo backs him up in the corner and is eye raked. Jey hits punches. Jey goes up and over and Solo shoulders him over. Solo headbutt drops him for 2. Jey enzugiri's him then Solo back elbows him. Jey is thrown over the top.

We go to break and return. Solo is sent out and Jey topes him. Jey top rope crossbodies him for 2. Solo lariats him. Solo drops him with punches. Solo samoan drops him. Solo backsplashes him in the corner. Solo corner ip attacks him for 2. 

Jey hits punches on Solo. Solo blocks a sunset flip with a butt drop. Solo gets a 2 count on him. Jey sleepers him and Solo rams him in the corner to break it. Solo spinning heel kicks him and uranage's him for 2. 

Jimmy Uso comes down and Jey spears Solo for 2 off the distraction. Jey runs into a kick then superkicks Solo. Solo samoan spikes Jimmy. Jey spears Solo. Jey top rope splashes Solo and pins him.

Thoughts: I'm not real sure what the stipulation here means. Does Solo join Bloodline now? The match was average to acceptable. They didn't do anything too wild and the interference didn't add a lot. Solo isn't the most exciting face out there either.

Overall thoughts: The tournament matches were essentially random and filled with midcard guys that I don't particularly care about. Solo is now in full face mode and it seemed to work to some degree, but it means more Bloodline segments on each show and that's not good. The show was light on starpower this week also. I thought the women's match was the best match of the night. I'd give the show a low 6 out of 10 overall as it was okay enough, but it could have been better.