Reality of Wrestling 7/14/2025 PLATINUM Episode 8

Reality of Wrestling 7/14/2025 PLATINUM Episode 8

The last show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/07/reality-of-wrestling-762025-heart-soul.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/07/reality-of-wrestling-7252025-glory.html

Natalya says ROW was not a fluke. She says she's the low-key legend and she will break all the rules

WWE ID Match - Ice Williams vs It's GAL

They lock up. Ga backs him up in the corner and they shove each other. Ice side headlock takeovers him. Gal headscissors him and does push-ups while doing it. Ice waistlock takedowns him then does push-ups on him.

Gal hits forearms. Ice armdrags him then dropkicks him. Ice hits chops. Ice springboard blockbusters him. Gal throws him then spinning lariats him for 2. Gal overhead suplexes him and stomps on him. Gal hits forearms. Ice jawbreakers him. Gal fireman's carry gutbusters him for 2.

Gal its mounted forearms on him. Gal abdominal stretches him. Ice hiptosses him. Ice blocks punches and hits his own. Ice flying lariats him. Ice slams him then step up enzugiri's him in the corner. Gal jumps up and is powerbombed down for 2. Gal rolls him up for 2 off a superkick. Gal blue thunders him for 2.

Gal hits forearms and Ice facekicks him. Ice germans him. Gal springboards and Ice catches him with a superkick. Ice top rope elbow drops Gal while he's bent over and pins him.

Thoughts: It was one of the better matches both of these guys have had. They worked pretty well together and we saw a lot more wrestling wise out of Gal than we usually do. 

Thea Hail is interviewed. Thea says she wants to test her luck in ROW and says there's no one better to do that with than Monica Monroe. She says she's super beautiful and talented. She says she wants to show ROW who the grown @ss woman really is.

Thea Hail vs "Ladybird" Monica Monroe

They lock up. Thea wristlocks her. MM cartwheels out and then wristlocks her. Thea does the same. MM headflips out and wristlocks her. Thea then does the same. MM cartwheels and backflips then misses a corner charge. Thea then does the same cartwheel and backflip.

MM trips her and Thea side headlocks her. Thea armdrags MM off the casadora. MM goes for the sugar lock and Thea escapes. They stand off and pound fists. MM shoulders her over. Thea leapfrogs and holds her knee on the landing. MM basement dropkicks her in the knee for 2. 

MM handstand double knee drops the leg. MM then drives the knee into the mat. Thea jawbreakers her. MM dragon screws her for 2. MM running euros her in the corner then pump kicks her in the face for 2. MM's tombstone is reversed but she tornado ddt's Thea out of it.

Thea hits polish hammers then does a sliding lariat. Thea flipping neckbreakers her from the side. Thea then double underhook twisting drops her. Thea hooks the kimura on MM and MM taps out.

Thoughts: I would have liked more of Thea working the arm as that's how she won but I liked it otherwise. MM had one of her better showings and looked on par with NXT's Thea Hail. Thea did a good job of selling her knee here and MM did good following up on it. Thea won as expected. 

ROW Title - Zilla Fatu (c) vs Ryan Davidson

Ryan waistlocks him and side headlocks him. They shoulder battle. Ryan punches him then hits punches in the corner. Ryan boots and stomps him in the corner. Zil hits shots to the gut in the corner and headbutts him. Ryan facekicks him out of the corner then slams him.

Ryan misses a running fist drop and Zil flying forearms him. Zil lariats Ryan over the top rope then headbutts him outside. Zil tries to chop him outside but nails the post. Ryan then bangs Zil's hand off the apron. Ryan suplexes him then stomps the hand.

Ryan pulls back on the fingers and chops him in the corner. Ryan hits corner spears and corner splashes him for 2. Ryan stands on Zil's hand on the steps then stomps it. Ryan sleepers him. Zil enzugiri's him in the corner then misses a conrer hip attack. Ryan final cuts him for 2. Ryan does a chin and arm lock. They trade shots.

Ryan headbutts him and hurts his own head. Zil shoulders him over and Ryan back elbows him. They then collide in mid-air. Zil hits punches. Ryan is stuck on the 2nd rope and Zil headbutt drops him for 2. Zil hits a belly to belly suplex for 2.

Zil superkicks him then Ryan superkicks back. Zil pop-up samoan drops him. Zil runs the ropes and flying samoan spikes him. Ryan falls out of the ring. Fly Def then attack Zilla and cause the DQ.

Thoughts: It's a shame we didn't get a clean finish here as they were having a good match. It was all heavyweight action here with them chopping and forearming each other hard and Ryan working Zilla's fan. I'd really like to see this again as the two worked well together.

Fly Def pound on Zilla. Ryan brings a tool box in and grabs plyers. Ryan then grabs Zilla's samoan spike thumb and blood starts coming out.

Thoughts: It was a creative angle here and I look forward to the follow up on it as Ryan's surely going to pay.

Overall thoughts: It was a good show. The opener was one of Ice and Gal's better matches. Monica Monroe really stepped up against Thea and looked on her level. That went about as well as it could have gone. The main was good with Zilla and Ryan pounding on each other and while we didn't get a clean finish, I still left satisfied. We then had a cool angle between the two to close the show with Ryan using plyers on Zilla's samoan spike thumb. I'd give this a 7 out of 10 as it was one of ROW's better episodes.