Reality of Wrestling 9/6/2024 Episode #410

Reality of Wrestling 9/6/2024 Episode #410

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/09/reality-of-wrestling-8252024-episode-409.html

ROW Tag Titles - The Highwaymen (JP Harlow and Joey Hyder) vs The Kentish Bros (Anthony and Hayden Kentish)

The Bros are twins so it's very hard to tell who is who. JP has the longer hair here. Hayden is chopped hits a japanese armdrag. He dropkicks JP then corner splashes Joey. Joey takes a double hiptoss and a double elbow drop for 2. A Kentish Bro does a springboard crossbody on Joey. The same Kentish Bro then takes a double team stun gun.

A Kentish Bro takes a double suplex for 2. JP hits a slam and rakes the eyes with his feet. Joey front facelocks a Kentish Bro. Anthony tags in and hits lariats on both opponents. The ref didn't see the tag though and he's sent out. Hayden is double stomped on by The Highwaymen.

The Highwaymen do double drop on a Kentish Bro. JP does a cravate. Hayden fights out of the corner and spinning enzugiri's Joey off the apron. Anthony hits lariats on JP then john woo's him into the buckles. Anthony hits a 2nd rope legdrop for 2. 

JP takes a backbreaker + top rope forearm drop for 2. A Kentish Bro is pushed into snake eyes and a spear for 2. JP is sent into his partner in the corner and takes a single leg dropkick. JP takes a double team flatliner and is pinned.

Thoughts: The Highwaymen just won the tag titles so this was a big upset. The match was fine with The Highwaymen being the heels and the faces being a little faster. It was fine.

Oro Mensah is interviewed. He says everywhere he goes, he goes for gold. He says there's no one colder than Oro Mensah . He is wished good luck and he says luck is for someone else as he just wins. 

ROW Interim's Women's Title - Mia Friday (c) vs Jada Stone

Jada wristlocks her. Mia rolls out and side headlock takeovers her. Jada headscissors her and Mia headstands out.  Mia armlocks Jada then armdrags her. Mia then springboard armdrags her. Mia hits jawbreakers then she neckbreakers Jada for 2.

Mia rope walks and jumps down into Jada's knee. Jada limbos out of a lariat then stomps Mia's arm. Jada corner dropkicks her. Mia hits corner spears. Jada rolls her and hits a meteora for 2. Jada ties her legs up behind Mia's neck and Mia pushes backwards for a pin attempt.

Jada la mistica's Mia and Mia gets a pin attempt off of it. Mia facekicks her. Mia then swinging facebusters her. Mia hits a pumping knee for 2. Jada lariats Mia for 2. Jada misses a top rope moonsault. Mia pumping knees Jada. Mia does a spinning air raid crash and wins.

Thoughts: It was an okay match here. There wasn't a ton of note going on here but the two did fine.

GM Andrew Jackson talks to Dex and someone named Tyron. He says both know what's on the line at Summer of Champions - $10,000. He says they are one of the most anticipated matches of the night and the match will be decided that night. He says if they lay a finger on each other before that, they will forefeit their $5,000. Andrew tells them just to hold off.

Izzy James vs Max Castellanos

Izzy rolls him up for 2. Max boots and clubs him. Izzy sunset flips him for 2. Max is over the 2nd rope and is kicked. Izzy flips over him then Izzy springboard twisting crossbodies him for 2. Izzy hits a corner spear then misses one. Max backcrackers him for 2.

Max hits a slingshot suplex for 2. Izzi double underhook twisting drops Max for 2. Izzi goes up top and is crotched. Max hits a top rope superplex. Izzi hits a big punch then a dropkick. Izzi does corner attacks then backdrops Max into a senton. Izzi lariats Max over the top and Max takes a nice bump for it. Izzi then topes him outside. Izzi is distracted by Max's female manager. The female tries to hit Izzi but is stopped. Max then dropkicks Izzi through the ropes.

Max hits a swinging side effect and wins.

Thoughts: It was another average to okay match here. Max took some nice bumps on the outside here and the crowd really got into it. 

Cam Cole and Matty Ice talk in the back and The Highwaymen run into them. The call them losers then Cam and the other guy beat up The Highwaymen. The Highwaymen then have a rail rammed smacked off their heads. Ice tells them to have fun at the hospital.

Darley Desamont vs Zilla Fatu

Fatu is super over here. They trade waistlocks and DD is thrown down. DD side headlocks him then Fatu hits a nice hiptoss. Fatu does a belly to belly suplex for 2. Fatu hits a corner splash then does corner punches.

Fatu misses a corner splash then takes a corner lariat. Fatu is explodered for 2. DD clubs on him. DD hits a dropkick then chinlocks him. Fatu hits elbows to the gut then pop-up samoan drops him. Fatu jumping samoan spikes him and wins.

Thoughts: It was a simple on here with them each getting a little offense in, DD hitting some offense and Fatu picking up the win. The crowd loved Fatu here so this was going to work no matter what.

Jay Alexander comes out. He says Fatu beat some people here but they weren't worth a d@mn. He says he will face someone worth a d@mn though as they will fight at Summer of Champions.

Mia Friday is interviewed about a three way title match with Gigi Rey and Promise Braxton. She says she will prove she is not just a placeholder champ. She says she worked so hard to get here. She says she is Miss TGIF and said she will prove that she can make Gigi and Promise go MIA.

Edge Stone vs Oro Mensah

Booker T is with Edge. Oro its shots to the gut and chops. Edge headbutts him. Oro hits some shots then flipping koppo kicks him. Oro springboard rider kicks him for 2.

Oro gets on the ropes and is pushed to the outside. Oro's head is banged off the apron then he takes a twisting suplex for 2. Edge clubs on him and they each hit forearms. Booker T trips up Oro from the outside. Edge does a great overhead exploder on Oro for 2.

Edge stomps on Oro. Oro hits knees to the gut then is sent into the 2nd buckle face first. Edge backdrops him for 2. Edge chinlocks him. They trade shots. Oro hits a spinning lariat then kicks him in the back. Oro asai moonsaults him. Oro hits a scissors kick for 2.

Oro hits a superkick. Oro asai moonsaults, Edge dropkicks him in the air and Oro almost lands on his head. Edge hits a spear for 2.  

Booker grabs Oro and hits him with knucks/rings. The ref sees it and Booker is ejected. Edge's throat is pulled down over the top rope. Edge 2nd rope deadlift suplexes Oro in. Edge then hits a lifting and twisting flatliner for 2.

Edge hits mounted shots and bangs Oro's head off the mat. Oro hits a ddt then forearms him in the back of the head while he's down. Oro koppo kicks him. Oro koppo kicks him in the corner for 2. The Nature Boys then interfere and attack Oro to cause the DQ.

Gaspar Hernandez then beats up The Nature Boys and sends Edge over the top.

Thoughts: It was a decent match. Oro's lucky not to be dead after the landing on the asai moonsault/superkick spot. I liked Edge's spear here. I would have liked a clean finish here.

Andrew Jackson comes out. He says this isn't how we do things at ROW. He says Edge will be defending his title against Gaspar Hernandez and Andrew says he will be the special guest ref. Andrew then says Teddy Long will be the GM instead that night.

Overall thoughts: It was your usual solid ROW show. Nothing was great but nothing was awful either and everything was okay enough. I had no issues with this one and I'd give it a 6 out of 10. You don't have to go out and see it but it was not a bad hour of wrestling.