Reality of Wrestling 4/6/2025 Episode 435

Reality of Wrestling 4/6/2025 Episode 435

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/04/reality-of-wrestling-3292025-episode-434.html

Carolina Teage, Brad Gilmore and Chris Russo talk about today's show.

ROW Texas Title - No Holds Barred, Falls Count Anywhere - Gino Medina vs Ayden Cristiano vs Max Castellanos

Gino comes out in his dad's La Calaca outfit. Max swings a chair at Gino. Gino forearms both opponents. Gino is popped up and does a hurricanrana off of it. Gino lariats AC over the top then topes him through the buckles. Max chairs AC. Gino's throat is pulled down over the top rope and Max top rope crossbodies him. AC ddt's Max.

AC stomps on his opponents. Gino gets a table rammed into his gut. Max's head is banged off a table. Gino does a slingshot sunset flip that causes Max to german AC. Gino and Max trade chops. Gino corkscrew kicks Max. Gino hits Max with a crutch. Max then hits Gino with the crutch. Max is then powerbombed through a table.

AC pulls out Gino and rams him into the rails outside. AC hits Gino with a kendo stick and then a wet floor sign. Gino is sent into a trash can in the merch area for 2. Gino bangs AC's head off a table then throws a chair in his face. La Familia, who are with AC, come in and beat up Gino. Gino avoids being powerbombed through a table by climbing a wall.

Gino then dives off the wall onto La Familia. AC chairs Gino in the ring. 

Gino takes a half-nelson twisting drop on a chair. Max sitout pendulum slams AC. AC flying corner facekicks Gino. Gino brazilian kicks AC then does a sitout angel's wings on him on a chair. Gino then pins AC.

Thoughts: It was all hardcore wrestling here. It was an okay match with them really focusing on Gino and AC. There wasn't a lot of 3-way fighting and mostly one person was off to the side while the others fought. We got a rare table spot here and a dive off a wall which was cool.

Marcus Mathers does a promo. He says he's here to beat Sam Halloway. He says he's on a winning streak in WWE ID and is ready to continue that. He says he has to go through Sam to do it.

Ryan Davidson is in the back. Gustavo Mendoza comes up to him and asks if he will accept his offer. Ryan says Gustavo has offered nothing but trouble for anyone here. He asks why he should trust him and asks what his end game is. Gustavo says Ryan shouldn't trust him. He says he isn't the most trustworthy, but he has done nothing but create champions. He says he can make Ryan a champ again.

Ryan gets mad. He says he hasn't gotten help from anyone to be a champ. He says he has only trusted in himself and doesn't trust in Gustavo. Ryan says there will be something attached to Gustavo's help and walks off. 

GM Andrew Jackson has a masked wrestler named Savage King pick his number for the Last Stand Rumble. He does and says nothing. Andrew then says "Savage King".

Tiffany Nieves and Hailey J vs The Moneybirds (Gigi Rey and "Ladybird" Monica Monroe)

Tiff and J argue before it even starts and Tiff is rolled up for 2. Rey armdrags Tiff twice then armlocks her. Tiff is tripped into a baseball slide then Monica slingshot swantons her. Tiff double throat thrusts Monica. Monica rolls up J for 2. Rey holds J on the ropes and Monica hits a stiff superkick to the face.

Rey chinlocks J. Tiff knees Rey in the back from the apron. J and Tiff double team Rey. Rey spinning sideslams Rey then J leg lariats Rey for 2. Rey headbutts J, knocking her off the top. Rey slips off the 2nd rope onto J.

Rey goes for the tag but Tiff pulls Monroe off the apron. J meteora's Rey from behind. Rey is held for a 2nd rope lariat from Tiff for 2. Tiff and J argue then push each other. J is pushed into Tiff then takes a german.

Monroe is tagged in. She hits shots on Tiff then lariats her over the top. Monroe slingblades J. Monroe finlay rolls J then asai moonsaults her. The Birds hit stereo 2nd rope diving shots on J and Rey pins J.

Thoughts: They pushed J and Tiff not being able to work well together here and that was the story fo the match. Rey slipped on a 2nd rope move but it was okay enough otherwise. The Birds couldn't get a ton of heat going here since the heels weren't getting a lot of offense in here.

Will Allday is picking his Last Stand Rumble spot with Andrew Jackson. He seems to pick a good number. Clay Roberts walks in and says it's not the #30 like his. He says Will may not make it to #30 but he'd like his autograph if he does. Will says he might be able to make that happen and says he will see him out there.

Sam Halloway gets on the mic. He tells everyone to shut their mouths. He says he starts his path to becoming the first WWE ID champ. He says it starts with beating Marcus Mathers.

WWE ID Match - Sam Halloway vs Marcus Mathers

Sam piefaces him then slams him. They each hit chops and MM goes down. Sam throws him then suplexes him for 2. Sam hits a short arm clothesline and puts a choke on him. Sam then ddt's him for 2. MM tries to fight back and is clubbed.

MM's 2nd rope dive is caught and Sam double underhook supelxes him into the buckles for 2. Sam misses a vader bomb. MM os cutters him then lariats him over the top. MM tope con hilos him outside. MM hits a springboard cutter for 2.

Sam goes for the chokeslam, MM blocks it then rolls him up while holding the tights. MM then wins.

Thoughts: It was on the shorter end and it was average for the most part. Sam didn't get to do a ton in this one and MM just did some os cutters and a dive. 

Ryan Davdison talks to Gustavo Mendoza. He says he knows he hasn't been himself. He says he's had some ups and downs but says he can't do it. Gustavo says you never get back what you put in in this business. He says nothing is owned to you and you go out and take it. Ryan says it's been his. He says the business doesn't owe him anything but some people do. Ryan says he tried to make people better but they didn't try to make him better. Ryan says he's tired of seeing people make lines for others when they should be making lines for him. He says he's owed that and it's time he takes it. Ryan asks when do we start?

ROW World Title -  Gaspar Hernandez (c) vs Matty Ice

Booker T is with Gas. Ice side headlocks him and tries to shoulder him over but Gas doesn't budge. Gas side headlocks him then shoulders him over. Ice hiptosses him then hits punches in the corner. Ice snapmares him then running boots him for 1.

Ice rolls him up for 1 then Gas knees him in the gut. Ice dropkicks him thee backslides him. Ice misses a corner splash then Gas hits a sky high. Gas stomps on him then clubs on him. Gas side slams him for 2.

Gas is pulled over the top. Ice is then thrown over the top when Gas gets back in. Gas suplexes him in then chinlocks him. Ice headbutts him then spinebusters him. They trade punches and Ice flying lariats him for 2. Gas punches him then Ice hits lariats. Ice uranages him.

Ice elbow drops him and does Booker T's spinarooni. Booker talks to the ref on the apron. Ice grabs the ref and Booker puts a cigar in Ice's eye. Gas powerbombs Ice and wins.

Thoughts: It was average for the most part. Both needed to do a bit more here and Ice didn't quite play up his size as much as you would want.

Overall thoughts: I'm not familiar enough with some of the wrestlers so some of the backstage stuff didn't hit like it should have with me. The opener was a decent hardcore match with them busting out the weapons for a change. The women's tag was okay. I thought both the main and the semi main could have been a bit better. I'd give this one a 5 out of 10 as there was nothing awful but nothing too great either.