Mid-States Wrestling 4/30/2025 Season 3, Episode 1

Mid-States Wrestling 4/30/2025 Season 3, Episode 1

MSW is back. They are only showing one match a week though.

Moe King vs Moonshine Mantell

 

They lock up and Moe shoves him back. Moe back elbows him and hits punches. Moe hits a bunch of shots then armdrags him out of the casadora. Moe dropkicks his leg, making his face bang off the apron. Moe is swept on the apron and goes face first into it.

Moe is hung upside down on the ropes on the outside and Moon chops him twice. Moon clubs him then chops him down. We go to break and return. Moon hits a high back body drop. Moon hits a corner lariat and a big belly to belly suplex. 

Moe fights back with punches. Moon facekicks him then chokes him on the ropes. Moon drops him with a forearm. Moon chops him. Moe hits a step up enzugiri to the arm then Moe crucfixies him. Moon spinebusters him.

Moon sitout powerbombs him. Moon misses a corner charge. Moe hits dropkicks then flying back elbows him. Moe hits running forearms in the corner. Moe enzugiri's him from the apron then springboard crossbodies him. Moe superkicks him for 2.

Moon pops him up and hits a nasty alabama slam to win.

Thoughts: Moe is about half of Moon's size and didn't full hit on everything so it wasn't perfect. Moe had the right idea though and did come off as a likeable underdog face. Moon was good at using his size and throwing Moe down hard. This got enough time and I liked it, but it had some room for improvement.

Overall thoughts: There was only one new match this show, which appears to be the way things will be going forward. It's better than nothing, and nothing is what we had for almost a year. I liked the one match we got but it is nothing you need to go out of your way to see.